UP has maximum number of cities connected by air in India | India News
UP and Maharashtra are followed by Gujarat at nine; Karnataka (8); Assam (7); Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh at six each; Madhya Pradesh and Odisha are at five each; West Bengal, Kerala, Punjab and Arunachal at four each; Bihar, Chhattisgarh Himachal, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand at three each and Goa and J&K at two each. The states and UTs with one airport are: Delhi (India’s busiest airport), Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Telangana (Hyderabad), Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Chandigarh, Daman and Diu, and Ladakh.
In all the total number of airports or cities in India that are supposed to get regular flights this summer as per DGCA approved schedule is at 125. Till 2014, India had 74 operational airports. The number has in the last 10 years more than doubled.
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