Mohali, March 13 -- Over four months after the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) questioned Punjab and the Union government for failing to introduce more than two international flights from Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport even as it was commissioned a decade back, Chandigarh International Airport Authority Limited (CHIAL) on Wednesday started a public survey to explore demand for direct international flights from here.

Currently, the airport offers only two international flights to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). After the flight to Sharjah was discontinued in October 2023, the airport's only international link was the IndiGo flight to Dubai, which operates seven days a week. Another daily flight to Abu...