Delhi is Amritsar's primary domestic destination accounting for more than three fourth of its total domestic passengers (62,670 out of 80,814; 78% as of July 2016). Mumbai and
Srinagar are the only other destinations that see non-stop flights from Amritsar and SpiceJet maintains a monopoly on both these routes. Surprisingly till date Delhi-Amritsar sector has remained one of the very few FSC dominated
domestic routes in India with seven out of eight daily flights are being operated by
full-service carriers. And one more domestic carrier is expected to start Amritsar service from next month. The catchment area of Amritsar airport and the overall Punjab region account for large VFR traffic to and from Australasia, North America and Western Europe but at present the airport lacks any non-stop flight to those places. Therefore, Amritsar-Delhi sector has become very important to both Air India, Jet Airways and their code share partners to feed long-haul flights from Delhi.
