Mansa is well linked to other cities, particularly the national capital, New Delhi, by an efficient rail and transport system.
Nearest International Airport to Jalandhar is Amritsar
1. Flights to Amritsar
The airport at Amritsar named ‘Raja Sansi International Airport’ offers excellent service. The airport is well connected by other parts of the Country by regular flights. The Raja Sansi International airport at Amritsar is located about 11km from the city centre. Several airlines operate flights from abroad, including Singapore as well as London and Birmingham and Toronto. The airport now handles as many as forty-eight flights every week up from the occasional, intermittent ones some years ago. British airways, Malaysia airlines, Phuket airlines, Singapore airlines, Tajakistan airlines, Uzbek airways and air-India are also lining up to fly here.
There are several flights to Amritsar that operate from various destinations. There
are four main airlines namely Turkmenistan Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways, Jet Airways
and Air India that operate between different cities of United Kingdom and Amritsar.
Some of the major cities like London, Toronto, Singapore and Birmingham can be reached
very easily from Amritsar. Air India operates non stop flights from Amritsar to Birmingham.
The flights of Uzbekistan Airlines connect Amritsar to London and Birmingham via
Tashkent. Turkmenistan Airlines provides its passengers flights to Amritsar both
from London and Birmingham via Ashgabat.
Popular Indian cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Bangalore are directly connected to Amritsar through air.Jet Airways flight number 9W-3322and 9W-912 operates between Amritsar and Kolkata. Jet Airways flight number 9W-3322 and 9W-824 fly between the destinations Amritsar and Chennai. Jet Airways flight number 9W-3322 and 9W-804 connect Amritsar with the garden city of Bangalore. There are frequent flights to Delhi, the capital city of India from Amritsar.
Other nearest airports are located at New Delhi and Chandigarh which are 248 km and 180 km away by road respectively.
2. Road
There is vast network of bus service of Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Pepsu, Chandigarh,
UP, Rajasthan State Roadways, apart from private operators.
3. Railways
Mansa is connected by rail and situated on the Delhi–Bathinda branch line of Northern Railway. A few trains like New Delhi–Bathinda Intercity Express and Punjab-Mail come to Mansa station. Besides, there are several passenger trains running between New Delhi and Mansa at regular intervals daily.
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