Comtel Air is increasing the number of flights it operates between Birmingham Airport and Amritsar.

The airline, which only began operating flights between the two destinations on 1 October 2011, has had so much interest in its service that it plans to increase its twice-weekly services (Saturdays and Sundays) in the near future.

Flights are operated with a Boeing 757-200 aircraft and make a short stop in Vienna before flying to Amritsar.

Thomas Kopetzky, Director Ground Operations for Comtel Air, said, “We knew there was demand for more flights to India from Birmingham due to the large Asian community living in the Midlands and we thought that we’d eventually have to put on more flights but we never imagined we’d have to make this decision so soon after launching the first service. It just goes to show that people want to use their local airport to visit their friends and relatives out in India rather than travelling to London.”