A private airline, Neos Airline’s flight, will be starting a flight from Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport, Amritsar, to Toronto on Thursday.
While addressing a press conference, airline CEO Stradiotti said it would be once a week flight i.e. on Thursdays, with a short international stop at Milan in Italy. The number of flights will be increased gradually, depending upon the response of the travellers, he added.
The launch of the flight sparked a new wave of excitement among local NGOs and Punjabi diaspora of Canada. Earlier, flights to Toronto used to have more than one stops and it took longer time.
