Varanasi, June 25 -- Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu on Thursday inaugurated the first hub-and-spoke flight connecting Varanasi to the world via New Delhi.

Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson and Civil Aviation Ministry Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha were also present at the inauguration ceremony in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The first hub-and-spoke model flight in Varanasi comes under Air India's 'Easy Connect' initiative, to operationalise international connectivity from tier 2 and tier 3 cities at scale.

The Union Minister announced that the Centre will convert six destinations into hub-and-spoke models in the next six weeks.

Addressing the event, Ram Mohan Naidu said, "In the next 6 weeks, we will convert six destinations int...