The states­man-like fol­low up by British MP Tan­man­jeet Singh Dhesi has borne fruit and now air con­nec­tiv­ity be­tween Am­rit­sar and Birm­ing­ham will be five days a week.

Fol­low­ing up on his ag­gres­sive per­sonal lob­by­ing and pub­lic com­mit­ment, British Slough con­stituency Mem­ber Par­lia­ment Tan­man­jeet Singh Dhesi has en­sured that air con­nec­tiv­ity be­tween Am­rit­sar and Birm­ing­ham in­creases sub­stan­tially mak­ing it eas­ier for Pun­jabis on both sides of the globe to have as near touch as pos­si­ble. Af­ter a con­ver­sa­tion with Union Min­is­ter Vi­jay Sam­pla, in a state­ment re­leased to the me­dia, Tan Dhesi has an­nounced that the fre­quency of Air In­dia flights will be soon in­creased to five days a week. 

Since their com­mence­ment in Feb­ru­ary this year, the flights op­er­ate twice a week. The num­ber of trav­ellers to Holy City Am­rit­sar are in­creas­ing by leaps and bounds. Those re­sid­ing as far as Lud­hi­ana in Pun­jab also pre­fer Am­rit­sar to New Delhi, as it not only saves time but a lot of both­er­a­tion too.

“ I thank the UK and Pun­jabi trav­ellers for the en­thu­si­asm with which they have made the flights suc­cess­ful.”

Tan­man­jeet Singh Dhesi Slough, UK, Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment

Tan Dhesi, who is ec­sta­tic about the re­sponse,  said “I thank the UK and Pun­jabi trav­ellers for the en­thu­si­asm with which they have made the flights suc­cess­ful.  There is con­sid­er­able de­mand for these flights – a fact that I had stated dur­ing meet­ings with Min­is­ters in Delhi in Au­gust 2017.”

Tan Dhesi tele­phon­i­cally in­formed the In­dian Union Min­is­ter Vi­jay Sam­pla MP in Delhi of the his­toric meet­ing last week in the British Par­lia­ment about the de­mand for greater flight con­nec­tiv­ity be­tween the UK and Am­rit­sar.  He con­grat­u­lated Min­is­ter Sam­pla on ef­forts for the in­tro­duc­tion of do­mes­tic flights be­tween Adampur (Pun­jab) and Delhi, and re­quested that, as per pre­vi­ous con­ver­sa­tions be­tween them, more flights were needed be­tween Am­rit­sar and Birm­ing­ham as there was a great de­mand from the British Pun­jabi di­as­pora.

“ The #Fly­Am­rit­sar is likely to reach the skies, lit­er­ally!”

Ace so­cial ac­tivist and “Am­rit­sar as a key des­ti­na­tion cam­paigner” –Har­jin­der Singh Kukreja, who has con­stantly favoured Am­rit­sar as a prime air des­ti­na­tion in the coun­try, re­act­ing to the news of more flights to Am­rit­sar said, “In Tan­man­jeet Singh Dhesi as MP, Sikhs in UK have a live voice in the British Par­lia­ment. As a “Sikh of the Year” awardee, he tran­scends work be­yond the bound­aries of his con­stituency and coun­try and I am cer­tain that the Guru Ram Das Jee Air­port will be­come one of the busiest air­ports in South Asia.”

“ As a “Sikh of the Year” awardee, Tan Dhesi work tran­scends the bound­aries of his con­stituency and coun­try and I am cer­tain that the Guru Ram Das Jee Air­port will be­come one of the busiest air­ports in South Asia.”

Har­jin­der Singh Kukreja
So­cial Ac­tivist
“Am­rit­sar as a key des­ti­na­tion” Cam­paigner

Sig­nif­i­cantly, re­cently Tan Dhesi, Chara K. Singh Sekhon, Sameep Singh of the Am­rit­sar Vikas Manch and Seva Trust UK started a par­lia­men­tary cam­paign “to raise the de­mand for re­sump­tion of di­rect flights be­tween Lon­don and Am­rit­sar.” It is ex­pected that this will not only boost tourism but will also open up new op­por­tu­ni­ties for trans­port of per­ish­able goods from the Ma­jha re­gion of Pun­jab to Lon­don which is a big mar­ket for such pro­duce. The #Fly­Am­rit­sar is likely to reach the skies, lit­er­ally.

Tan Dhesi is very keen that the Lon­don-Am­rit­sar flights also takes off at the ear­li­est. As stated in the press state­ment, Min­is­ter Sam­pla as­sured that a fi­nal de­ci­sion for Lon­don-Am­rit­sar will be taken up in due course but he con­firmed that the In­dian Union Cab­i­net had given the green light to the Am­rit­sar-Birm­ing­ham route to be­come five days a week.  

Dhesi said “I thank Min­is­ter Vi­jay Sam­pla and the Cab­i­net for their co­op­er­a­tion, and de­ci­sion to make the Am­rit­sar-Birm­ing­ham Air In­dia route five days a week.  I hope that very shortly they will give the good news of the in­tro­duc­tion of Lon­don to Am­rit­sar route.”

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Sat Sri Akal Am­rit­sar, see you soon from Lon­don too!