Flights between DEL and Allahabad
 

My wife and mother-in-law will wish to take a one day trip from Delhi to Allahabad and back- sometime in mid-March.

What are the best options for airlines. What should they expect in terms of service and cost? They will want to fly in the economy cabin; of note, my wife has Star Alliance Gold status through Air Canada.

when in mid march????there is a big event taking place in allahabad in mid march so tickets & hotels will be hard to get....

air india is the only airline that operates on this route....one flight daily....

not much....its a short hour & a half long flight....food is available for purchase....i take this flight once or twice a month....pretty uneventful....

this flight operates in an all economy cabin....the gold status will get her lounge access & extra baggage allowance....

The options to go and come back are on one of the following days: Mar 12 or Mar 13 or March 14 or Mar 15.

They wish to go to Allahabad in the morning, see some relatives (but not stay overnight in that city), and then come back in the evening.

I have flown this route a few times. Used to be a CRJ then, but I am told its an ATR72 now.

The CRJ's used to be a pain because of the limited space in overhead baggage lockers which wouldnt hold my camera kit. The new ATR's are much better in this regard. On the downside, dont know if their new ATR72 have the hot-pots, so no coffee-tea service. Their ATR42's didnt and nor do Jet's ATR's.

This is what we were served on my last few flights - Sandwich/Veg Puff with Coffee/Tea service. With longer flight times on the ATR and a noon departure, you might get a full lunch.

Has never been a paid meal in the 4/5 times I took this route.

As Keyser said, there is only one flight between the cities. It reaches Allahabad at 1400 hours and departs for DEL 30 mins later.

their best bet would then be to take the train as they would have to stay overnight if they fly....

there are 2 overnight trains that i end up taking a few times a year....they are called the 'prayag raj' & 'duronto express'....both are very convenient in terms or time & comfort....prayag raj leaves delhi around 9:30pm & duronto express leaves delhi around 11pm....they both reach allahabad around 7am the following morning....they have the same timings on the way back from allahabad....

its been the atr on this route for as long as i can remember....

only paid meals offered now....

You cant do this on flight. Overnight train imho is best option. multiple trains available on this route but PrayagRaj will be the best....leaves around 2130 reaches 0700....in and out of the city center

Is it actually easy to get train tickets with 3 weeks notice?

not easy but possible....depends on which dates