Fly Scoot from Amritsar to Singapore at Rs 4700

Spreading its wings to India, Scoot launches services from Singapore to Amritsar (fares starting Rs 4700) and Singapore to Chennai (fares starting Rs 5700). Scoot service to Amritsar commences three times weekly and will increase frequency with an additional Monday service from July, restarting the Singapore-Amritsar route for the SIA Group. The airline takes over the Singapore-Chennai daily service from Tigerair, expanding capacity to Chennai for the SIA Group with its new and spacious Boeing 787 Dreamliner as the world first all-787 operator.

Chief Commercial Officer for Scoot and Tigerair, Leslie Thng, said, “India is one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world and Scoot is excited to present exceptional value, an empowering selection of customisation options including inflight connectivity and in-seat power, as well as service with Scootitude to guests flying into and out of India.”

“Guests from India can now fly to amazing destinations in our Asia-Pacific network through the Singapore hub, as well as onward with Singapore Airlines, SilkAir and Tigerair in the SIA Group portfolio,” he added. Scoot will also commence Singapore-Jaipur services four times weekly from October.

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) , India is projected to be the world third largest air passenger market by 2031 with a total of 367 million passengers by 2034, an extra 266 million annual passengers compared to today.

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IndiGo hikes cancellation charges to Rs 2250 for domestic fliers

Indigo Airlines has declared that it will charge Rs. 2250 as cancellation charges for domestic passengers starting April 1, 2016. Until now, Indigo charged a cancellation fee of Rs1,250 per ticket on domestic routes in case the changes or cancellation of the ticket is made at least a month before the travel.

 

Within a month of travel, passengers were charged Rs 2,250. However, now travellers would need to pay a fixed amount of Rs 2,250 per ticket, irrespective of the time before travel.

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Top 3 Travel Agencies in Herat, Afghanistan

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2. Distant Horizons

Since 1985, Distant Horizons has organized cultural programs to Cuba, Iran and other destinations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The focus of each trip is to allow the traveler the chance to breathe the culture and traditions of the country they are journeying through.

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3. Afghan Tours and Travel

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We are our competition and we strive to maintain but improve the level of service to our clients on every day. Our aim is to bring you the best service with the lowest fare.

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Unbeatable Jaigarh Fort in Jaipur

The Fort of Jaigarh is located on the Cheel ka Teela (meaning Hill of Eagles) in the Aravalli hill rangesfrom where the Maota Lake and the Amber Fort can be overlooked in Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The Fort along with the palace complex have been named after Jai Singh II who buit this fort.

The fort has a very similar type of structure as to that of the Amber Fort, and is popularly called as the Victory Fort. It comprises of 3 km length across the north-south direction while it is 1 km broad. The fort has cannon whose name is “Jaivana”, and got created in the precincts of the fort and was at that time the largest cannon of the world on wheels. The complex of the palace has Laxmi Vilas, Vilas Mandir, Lalit Mandir and Aram Mandir found in the fort itself having well- maintained gardens where the royal family used to live, the Shubhat Niwas which is the assembly hall of the soldiers. There is a museum as well as an armoury. The forts of Jaigarh and the Amber Fort have connections through subterranean passages and are regarded as just one complex.

Architecture
The literal meaning of Jaigarh is `Victory Fort' and was constructed between the 15th-18th century, and lies 15 km away from Jaipur, among the strewn rocks, stone ramparts and hills covered with thorn-scrub ,its forbidding stone ramparts which can be viewed from Jaipur city.

There is a steep road going towards the major gate, i.e. the Dungar Darwaza, having a beautiful view.Start with the biggest draw of Jaigarh- the Jaivana, which is regarded as the world's greatest unique cannon on wheels. The Jaivana got constructed in the foundry of Jaigarh in the year 1720, and only the barrel has a weight of around 50 tons. As per the belief of people, Jaivana had been fired just once. The inspections of cannon have proved that it has been fired many a times.

One can wander around and see the ramparts peering down the flaws of boiling oil and guns or even the broad channels of water can be viewed. These had been a part of an efficient system meant for harvesting the rainwater, taking water in from all along the hills and then taking it to the underground tanks of Jaigarh. The biggest of the tanks had the capacity of storing 60,00,000 gallons of water.

The armoury chamber was having a great display of shields, swords, guns, 50 kg cannon ball and muskets. There are pictures of ancient photographs of maharajas of Jaipur such as, Major Genral Man Singh II and Sawai Bhawani Singh who gave their service to the Indian Army or senior officers.

The museum lies to the left of Awami Gate and displays photographs of the Jaipur's Royalty, artefacts and stamps including a circular package of cards.

How to Reach

The Fort is at a distance of 15 km from capital of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

By Air

The Jaipur Airport called as Sanganer is 11km away from the center of the city. The Jet Airways, Indian Airlines and domestic carriers are running regular flights to and fro Jaipur. There are regular flights to Mumbai, Delhi, Udaipur, Aurangabad, Jodhpur and various other cities from Jaipur.

By Rail

There is train service also to Jaipur, available from different parts of India. There is a wonderful connection from Delhi through Shatabadi Express providing a fast and air-conditioned service. Various other connections to Jaipur may be from Bikaner, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Ahmedabad, Agra, Secunderabad, Lucknow, Chennai, Mumbai and Calcutta.

By Road

Jaipur has well connected road network to different parts of country. The Delhi-Jaipur national highway is among the best roads in country. The roadways of Rajasthan have regular service of AC as well as Deluxe Coaches coming from Delhi.

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