Go First airline has become the country’s first domestic airline to start its direct passenger services to Sharjah in the UAE from Srinagar. The Wadia Group-run airline provided direct international connectivity from the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off the first international flight services from Srinagar to Sharjah with a full contingent of passengers in the presence of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and other dignitaries. Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia virtually attended the event from New Delhi.
Go First airline’s maiden flight G8 1595 departed from Srinagar’s Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport around 6.30 pm yesterday. The airline will operate four direct flights every week on this route.
