PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 24 -- With a surge in pilgrim and traveller traffic expected during Magh Mela-2026, air connectivity from Prayagraj is set to expand. A new flight route connecting Prayagraj with Hindon (Ghaziabad) is scheduled to commence from January, according to officials at the Airport Advisory Committee meeting held on Tuesday at a Civil Lines hotel.

Prayagraj Airport Director Rajesh Chawla said preparations to operate flights to Hindon during the Magh Mela are in the final stages. Representatives of Akasa Airlines, IndiGo and Alliance Air also agreed that flight frequencies would increase once night landing facilities are operational.

The meeting, chaired by Airport Advisory Committee president and Phulpur MP Praveen Patel, review...