Jaisalmer airport?

I have been reading conflicting information about Jaisalmer airport - does anyone know if it's open to civilian/commercial flights? If so, which airlines?? Thanks in anticipation.

Kingfisher is supposedly running flights to Jaisalmer via Udaipur and Jodhpur. I will try and check tomorrow if they are actually running now.

The best thing is to look on their website and see if Jaisalmer is timetabled.

I've looked several times, and it seems there are no flights to Jaisalmer at all.

Its usually only at peak around December if at all..

thank you very much everyone for your replies. I've tried all the carriers and can't find any flights either.

If there are no flights, this means it's not open yet - sorry, I was too busy this morning to check with agent here and I don't have his phone no!

It's a possibility they may start later - when the season gets busy as edwardseco mentions.

I don't think flights are seasonal; only the frequency might change.

Indizen - they are definitely seasonal - the season being the 'tourist' season. Generally before, when flights have been running, they have started around September - October and stopped around early March, late Feb. They are very much dependent on volume of booking. Also the state of Border tension comes into play - all flights were cancelled in 2002 and after that it took a couple of years before civilian flights were re-opened.

Aishah, you may be right. I read in a couple of places that flights are operational for 6 months in winter, but the airline websites don't seem to concur!

Jaisalmer airport is open to civilians. Again, the frequency may not be much and may be seasonal. I flew out of Jaisalmer to Delhi by Air India in late September.

I called Kingfisher two days ago and the woman I spoke with said there were no flights to Jaisalmer running in December.

I have been 'snowed under' with work and unable to get to the office, sorry folks. Will try tomorrow morning.

Vineshks - does this mean Air India has reinstated their direct Delhi to Jaisalmer flight? Would be good if they have.

I just checked the Air India website and they have no flights from Delhi to Jaisalmer.

I heard rumor that there is a new airport being built in jaisalmer. Any word on whether it will be ready for flights from delhi or jodhpur by this july 2010?

It's not exactly a new airport - it's still at the military airport area. No flights were running out of the airport this season, only the air force itself. I will try to find out how far work is progressing, and whether it is a new building, as well etc. The problem is that flights get advertised in airline lists, then they are cancelled. Nothing went in or out this season as far as I know.







Mod Note: I have merged your post, benwa100 into an already existing thread on the topic. Because this question gets asked quite a bit (flights running/ not running etc.) I have made the thread a sticky so it stays at the top of the forum.