Air India has started its Easy Connect service in Ahmedabad to make international travel easier for passengers from Gujarat. With this service, passengers can check in for their entire journey and complete immigration at Ahmedabad Airport itself. When travellers reach Delhi, they can directly board their international flight without collecting their baggage again or changing terminals. Ahmedabad is now the third city to have this service, after Amritsar and Varanasi. The Easy Connect service is part of the Government of India’s hub-and-spoke plan, which aims to improve air connectivity through major airports in the country. Indian passport holders travelling internationally through this service must enrol in DigiYatra. However, web check-in and Customs declaration are not available at the spoke airports.
Air India has selected two daily flights between Ahmedabad and Delhi for its Easy Connect service. The first flight, AI1121, will fly from Ahmedabad at 8:15 PM and reach Delhi at 10:00 PM. This service started on September 1, 2026. The second flight, AI1117, will leave Ahmedabad at 8:25 AM and reach Delhi at 10:15 AM. It started on September 2, 2026. These flights will help passengers from Ahmedabad connect to 26 international destinations within four hours of reaching Delhi. The destinations include countries in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, Asia-Pacific, Southeast Asia and the Gulf region.
The morning flight, AI1117, offers connections to cities such as Shanghai, Kathmandu, Dubai, Amsterdam, Manila, Paris, Colombo, Frankfurt, London, Milan, Kuala Lumpur, Riyadh, Rome and Zurich. The evening flight, AI1121, connects passengers to destinations including Singapore, Seoul, Colombo, Bangkok, Hanoi, Dubai, Toronto, Sydney and London.
Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu who is the Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India, said that bringing the hub-and-spoke system to Ahmedabad is an important step towards better air connectivity across the country. He said the aim is to make air travel more accessible to people in different parts of India, not just major cities. He also said that connecting Ahmedabad to international destinations through Indian hubs will help trade, tourism and travel, while strengthening India’s position in global aviation.
Air India plans to expand the Easy Connect service in different phases and add more cities across India. The service will connect these cities through Air India’s major hubs in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. The airline said that more cities are expected to join the Easy Connect network in the coming weeks.
The main aim of this service is to encourage more passengers to take international connecting flights through Indian airports instead of foreign airports. According to Air India, around 25 million passengers travel on long-haul international flights to and from India every year. About 20 million of them are connecting passengers. At present, around 85% of these connecting passengers, nearly 17 million people, use foreign airports to change flights. Air India wants to bring more of these passengers through Indian airports.
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