Jaipur to Bikaner Flights

Jodhpur airport is a civil enclave airport in the city of Jodhpur. In the 1920s, Maharaja Umaid Singh established the Jodhpur Flying Club at a small airport near his Chittar Palace in Jodhpur. During the next three decades, this airfield grew in importance, serving as a base for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. The Jodhpur airport is managed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), and it connects its planeside with the Indian Air Forceís Jodhpur Air Base (IAF). With over 500,000 passengers coming through each year, Jodhpur airport is Indiaís 44th busiest airport. The Rajasthan government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Air Force in March 2017 for the extension of the civil enclave, under which AAI will receive 37 acres of IAF land.

Bikaner is a city in the northwest of Rajasthan. Bikaner is around 330 Km northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. Due to its copious spring water, Bikaner, despite its location in the Thar Desert, was regarded as an oasis on the trade route between Central Asia and the Gujarat coast. Bikaner railway station is an important railway junction in Indian Railwaysí North Western Railway zone. Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Puri, Guwahati, Baroda, Jaisalmer, Barmer, Alwar, Kolkata, Delhi, Jodhpur, Rewari, Howrah, Kanpur, Mumbai, Surat, Agra, Prayagraj, Pathankot, Ahmedabad, Bhatinda, Vadodara, Haridwar, Pune, Jammu, and Chandigarh are the major cities connected with Bikaner.

The main airport serving Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, is the Jaipur International Airport, with the IATA code JAI. According to Airports Council International, Jaipur International Airport was named the Worldís Best Airport in the category of 2 to 5 million passengers per year for 2015 and 2016. In terms of daily scheduled flight operations, Jaipur Airport is Indiaís 11th busiest airport. It lies 13 Km from Jaipur, in the southern suburb of Sanganer. On December 29, 2005, the airport was designated as an international airport. The civil airport can accommodate 14 airplanes, and the new terminal building can seat 1,000 passengers at once. It provides facilities such as several cafes and eateries serving wonderful refreshments for visitors, on-call first aid, luggage trolleys, wheelchairs and important assistance for physically handicapped visitors, and a shopping hub for buying knick-knacks.

Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II and is renowned as the ëPink Cityí. The city is rich in history and culture, with vast avenues and expansive gardens. The past comes alive in the majestic forts and palaces, where the maharajas once resided. Jaipur is the first planned city in India, having been designed by Vidyadhar Bhattacharya. The bustling bazaars of Jaipur, which are known for Rajasthani jewellery, textiles, and shoes, have a timeless appeal and are a shopperís paradise. Jaipur, known worldwide for its coloured gems, mixes the charm of its ancient heritage with all the benefits of a metropolis. The city is one of the golden triangleís three corners, which also comprises Delhi and Agra. Among the major tourist spots in the city are the forts of Nahargarh and Jaigarh, Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar, and Garh Ganesh Temple.