The days are gone of that harrowing time of traveling up to a metropolis to catch a flight. It may sound unreal but true it is, that Boeings and Airbuses are not any more far for the comparatively small cities.

It all started 3 years ago when three small cities were connected to foreign by direct flights. From then on the list is growing and now it reached to 15 including Guwahati, Gaya, Lucknow, Amritsar, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Goa, Nagpur, Pune, Calicut, Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin, Trichy and Coimbatore. This isn’t the end though and according to government sources, who assured that soon new entrants would be there in the form of Madurai, Mangalore and Kanpur.

According to reports there are 35 cities in the country with population of more than 1 million. Reasons like the more opportunity in the Middle East and no connectivity with foreign in a large area, made the major players think to invest in the region. For example, entire central part of the country was without any connection to foreign even couple of years ago. Foreign aviation companies often start with the profitable non-metro routes in India and go on to expand later in the whole country.

With news like increase in GDP and per capita income due to which a situation of more profitability where these places will reach within few years, would actually make the aviation industry happier.

The expectation is high with instances like these to assume for a completely new scenario where the small cities, as well, will be connected with London, New York and other prominent destinations.

Via- times of india.