PRAYAGRAJ, June 19 -- The long-standing demand to upgrade Prayagraj Airport to international status is once again gathering momentum. In a meeting of the Airport Advisory Committee held at a hotel in Civil Lines on Wednesday, the issue was discussed in detail.

Member of Parliament Praveen Singh Patel attended the meeting as the chief guest. He stated that Prayagraj Airport had set new records during the Mahakumbh, and the time had now come to grant it international airport status.

During the meeting, committee members and officials highlighted that thousands of people from Prayagraj, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi and nearby districts in Madhya Pradesh travel to Gulf countries for employment every month. Currently, they must travel to Lucknow or...