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The Ministry of Civil Aviation launched international hub and spoke flight operations from Ahmedabad on 1 September 2026, making it the third spoke airport after Varanasi and Amritsar under the framework that designates Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport as India's primary international hub. Under the arrangement, passengers travelling internationally from Ahmedabad complete check in, immigration and customs procedures at the spoke airport itself, with baggage transferred through so they do not need to clear immigration again at the Delhi hub. The government has cited Ahmedabad's role as a host city for the 2030 Commonwealth Games as one reason for prioritising it. The framework aims to make India a preferred hub for Indian travellers by 2030 and a leading global aviation hub by 2047, with the next phase expected to extend hub and spoke connectivity to 22 more airports including Surat.