India is not so far as you think
We have provided an overview of the accessibility options to India
from across the nations. These include traveling:
By Air
Medium budget flights have cropped up across the nations making
globe-trotting a less expensive affair. In India, the national airline is
Air India (AI), while other major, reliable players are Air Sahara and Jet
Airways. The international airports in the metro cities have provisions and
amenities which ensure that travelers are veritably occupied while waiting
for the next flight. These include restaurants, business centres, resting
lounges, telephone booths, snack bars, baby care rooms, duty free
handicrafts shops, art galleries for art lovers. Business centers are
furnished with state-of-the-art equipment including word processors and
telefax. In all the major airports there are money exchange facilities,
tourist information centers and hotel reservation services. Our services
encompass them all and you can safely rely on us for these arrangements.
Travel time by Air
- From London to Delhi is 9 hours, to Kolkata (Calcutta) is 12
hours, to Chennai is 12 hours 30 minutes and to Mumbai is 9 hours
- From Los Angeles to Delhi is 25 hours 30 minutes
- From New York to Delhi is 18 hours
- From Singapore to Delhi is 5 hours
- From Sydney reach to Delhi is 10 hours
International Airports in India are at: Srinagar, Amritsar, Delhi,
Jaipur, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Cochin
(Kochi), Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata, Guwahati.
International Airline Routes Served to India are:
- FROM NORTH AMERICA
- Delta: Serves Delhi and Mumbai
- Northwest Airlines: Serves Delhi and Mumbai
- Air Canada: Serves Delhi nonstop from Toronto
- FROM EUROPE
- Swiss International Air Lines, Lauda Air, Virgin Atlantic, Air
France: Serves Delhi and MumbaiBritish Airways: Flies to Chennai,
Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai
- KLM: Flies to Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai
- Lufthansa: Flies to Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai
- Alitalia: Flies daily between Mumbai and Milan
- Austrian Airlines: Flies daily between Vienna and Delhi
- Aeroflot - Russian Int'l Airline: Serves Delhi and Mumbai
- Flyjet: Offers charter flights between London Gatwick/Birminghman
and Amritsar.
- Monarch Airlines: Offers charter service (winter season) between
East Midlands Airport and Amritsar. Winter flights to Goa and
Thirvananthapuram are also available from London/Gatwick and
Manchester.
- FROM AFRICA
- Bellview Airlines (Nigeria): Serves Mumbai from Lagos
- Egypt Air: Serves Mumbai
- Kenya Airways: Connects Mumbai with Nairobi
- Air Mauritius: Flies to Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi from Mauritius
- Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa): Flies nonstop to Mumbai and
Delhi
- South African Airways: Flies to Mumbai
- Air Seychelles: Flies to Mumbai
- FROM THE MIDDLE EAST & CIS
- Turkish Airlines: Serves Delhi
- Mahan Air: Serves Delhi
- Air Kazakstan: Flies nonstop between Almaty and Delhi
- Syrian Airlines: Connects Damascus with Delhi and Mumbai
- Yemenia: Flies from Aden and Sana'a to Mumbai
- Oman Air: Connects Chennai, Kochi, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram
with Muscat
- Ariana Afghan Airlines: Connects Amritsar and Delhi with Kabul
- Iran Air, Saudia Arabian Airlines: Serves Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi
and Delhi
- Qatar Airways: Serves Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad and
Kochi
- Gulf Air: Serves Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kochi, Kolkata,
Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram
- Kuwait Airways: Serves Mumbai, Kochi, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram
and Delhi
- Emirates: Serves Mumbai, Kochi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi
- El Al: Flies nonstop from Tel-Aviv to Mumbai
- Uzbekistan Airways: Connects Delhi and Amritsar with Tashkent
- Royal Jordanian: Flies to Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai
- Turkmenistan Airlines: Flies from Ashgabat to Amritsar and Delhi
- Tajik Airlines: Flies once weekly from Dushanbe to Delhi
- Etihad Airways: UAE's new national airline plans to connect Abu
Dhabi with Mumbai
- FROM SOUTH ASIA
- Royal Nepal Airlines Necon Air (Nepal): Flies from Kathmandu to
Patna and Varanasi
- Pakistan International: Flies to Delhi and Mumbai
- Druk Air (Bhutan): Connects Paro with Delhi and Kolkata
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines: Serves Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai
- SriLankan Airlines: Serves Bangalore, Bodh Gaya, Chennai, Delhi,
Kochi, Mumbai, Tiruchirapalli and Thiruvananthapuram. New
destinations planned are Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.
- FROM THE FAR EAST AND SOUTH EAST ASIA
- China Eastern Airlines: Connects Delhi with Shanghai and Beijing
- China Airlines: Serves Delhi
- Thai Airways: Serves Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. Thai is
about to commence services to Bangalore.
- Malaysian: Serves Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai
- Singapore Airlines: Connects Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and
Bangalore with Singapore.
- Silk Air: Connects Thiruvanathapuram, Kochi and Hyderabad with
Singapore
- Cathay Pacific: Serves Delhi and Mumbai
- Japan Airlines: Serves Delhi
- Korean Airlines: Serves Mumbai
- Asiana: Serves Delhi
- Royal Brunei Airlines: Serves Kolkata
- SriLankan Airlines: Serves Bangalore, Bodh Gaya, Chennai, Delhi,
Kochi, Mumbai, Tiruchirapalli and Thiruvananthapuram. New
destinations planned are Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.
By
Road
A very less preferred, but adventuruous option is to drive to India
or board one of the tourist buses (many Tourist Agencies have begun overland
services lately). Just that the travelers should have accurate information
about border crossings, visa requirements and political situations en route.
The most popular border crossings into India are Sunauli (for Delhi and
northwest India), Birganj (for Kolkata and east India) and Kakarbhitta (for
Darjeeling). Amritsar is now open for overland crossings into Lahore
(Pakistan). A bus service between New Delhi and Lahore (Pakistan) has
recently been launched (the first one in 50 years).
Note: Currently no land frontiers are open between India and Myanmar or
India and the People’s Republic of China.
By Rail
Journey by the Rail is possible if you are arriving from Pakistan
where you can board the Lahore-Attari Samjhauta Express. For details please
log on to the Indian Railways official site (www.indianrail.gov.in).
By Sea
The main passenger ports are Calicut, Chennai, Kochi, Kolkata,
Mumbai, Panaji (Goa) and Rameswaram. Indian ports are also served by several
international shipping companies and several cruise lines. There are,
however, no regular passenger liners operating to South-East Asia.
Routes to Neighboring Nations
To Nepal: From India, the most practical and popular route
to Nepal is by train to Raxaul (Bihar) and then by bus to Kathmandu or by
train to Gorakphur (or by bus if coming from Varanasi) and then by bus to
Kathmandu crossing the border at Sunauli; also, by train to Nantanwa (UP)
and then by bus to Kathmandu/Pokhara, or Bhairawa to Lumbini for Pokhara. It
is also possible to make the crossing from Darjeeling by bus to Kathmandu
across the southern lowlands.
To Bhutan: The best way of reaching Bhutan is by train to Siliguri,
then bus to Phuntsholing. There is also an airlink from Kolkata (Calcutta)
to Paro by Druk Air.
To Pakistan: Currently only possible between Amritsar and Lahore by
train and New Delhi and Lahore by Bus (New DelhiAmritsarLahore
HyderabadKarachi).
To Bangladesh: The best route to Bangladesh is Kolkata (Calcutta) to
Bongaon (West Bengal) by train, rickshaw across the border to Benapol, with
connections via Khulna or Jessore to Dhaka. Another route is from Darjeeling
via Siliguri, then train or bus from Jalpaiguri to Haldibari.
Currently, no land frontiers are open between India and Myanmar or India
and China.
