New Delhi: Air travel is now going to be easier for NRI Punjabis settled in Canada. An Italian airline Neos Air will start flights connecting Amritsar with Toronto in Canada and New York in the US through its hub at Milan Malpensa Airport from April 6.
Neos Air will start scheduling services between Milan Malpensa and Amritsar in mid-December 2022. The airline was the first to start operations for Amritsar during the pandemic.
The Indian carrier SpiceJet’s operation of chartered flights from Amritsar to Milan Bergamo and Rome during Covid-19 resulted in the Indian carrier being allowed to start scheduled flights to the two Italian airports in November last year.
According to the booking schedule, the airline will operate a weekly flight to both Toronto and New York from April 6. Flight 3249 will depart from Amritsar at 3.15 am every Thursday and arrive at Milan Malpensa Airport at 8.20 am the same day.
With a transit time stoppage of about 4 hours and 10 minutes, flight (number 4348) will depart from Milan at 12.30 pm and arrive in Toronto at 3 pm.
In addition, the Neos flight (No. 4349) will take off from Toronto Pearson Airport at 5:00 p.m. every Thursday and arrive in Milan at 6:50 a.m. the following Friday.
Flight No. 5248 from Milan will depart again at 10 am and reach Amritsar at 9.15 pm on Friday the same day. This enables a short transportation time of 3 hours and 10 meters through Milan.