Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu launched the ‘Hub and Spoke’ model at Amritsar airport on Tuesday, enabling passengers to complete “check-in, immigration, customs, and baggage drop-off” in Amritsar before connecting to international flights via Delhi. Naidu said passengers could board their international flights within “a window of just 4 hours,” while MoCA Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha said the government plans to establish “4 such hubs and approximately 40 spokes across India” to improve global connectivity.

The Centre has launched its hub-and-spoke aviation model at Amritsar airport, allowing passengers to complete check-in, immigration, customs and baggage formalities before flying…

Air India plans to start inbound international flights to Amritsar under the Hub and Spoke model in the next two months, whereby passengers can complete their immigration process…