Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Ahmedabad Launches Hub-and-Spoke International Flight Services at Airport
Ahmedabad has started a new way of organizing international flights.
It is called a hub-and-spoke system.
Smaller cities act like spokes in a wheel.
Passengers from those cities travel first to a larger central airport.
That central airport is called the hub.
There, they can change planes for international journeys.
The service was launched at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.
Amritsar and Varanasi already offer similar services.
Ahmedabad became India’s third city to offer hub-and-spoke international flight services.
The services began at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.
The launch was attended by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and senior civil aviation ministers.
Amritsar and Varanasi are the other Indian cities offering these services.
The system connects passengers from smaller cities to international flights through a central airport.
- Who
- Ahmedabad airport authorities, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu, and Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol were involved in the launch.
- What
- Hub-and-spoke international flight services were launched in Ahmedabad.
- When
- The services were launched Tuesday; the article does not provide a specific date.
- Where
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, India.
- Why
- The system is designed to bring passengers from smaller cities to a major airport for transfers to connecting international flights.
- New location
- Ahmedabad became the third Indian city to offer hub-and-spoke international flight services.
- Airport
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.
- Other cities
- Amritsar and Varanasi also offer the services.
- System design
- Passengers from smaller cities travel to a central airport before connecting to international flights.
- Launch attendees
- Bhupendra Patel, K. Ram Mohan Naidu, and Murlidhar Mohol attended the launch.