Ahmedabad becomes the third spoke airport under India’s International Aviation Hub Strategy
New Delhi (thestates.news) |The Ministry of Civil Aviation today launched Hub & Spoke International Flight Operations from Ahmedabad, making it the third airport in the country to be integrated into India’s Hub & Spoke framework for international passenger movement, after Varanasi and Amritsar. The launch was marked at a function attended by Union Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Ram Mohan Naidu, Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Shri Murlidhar Mohol and Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Shri Harsh Sanghavi.
The launch of Hub & Spoke operations from Varanasi on 25 June 2026 marked the beginning of a new chapter in Indian aviation. As part of the phased expansion of the initiative, Hub & Spoke operations from Amritsar Airport were launched on 28 July 2026. Today, with the addition of Ahmedabad, we are taking another significant step towards creating an integrated, seamless and passenger-centric aviation network that connects India’s regions directly with the world through our own hub airport at Delhi. Now hub-and-spoke operations from Ahmedabad will further strengthen global connectivity, with flight AI 1117 connecting passengers to 22 destinations, primarily across Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, while the evening service AI 1121, departing at 20:15 hours, will extend connectivity to 17 destinations across North America, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and Europe.(S-PIB)
