Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Air India plans to reintroduce Mangalore - Kuwait operations

Mangalore: Plan to reintroduce operations from Mangalore to Kuwait is taking shape. The flights that were cancelled ostensibly due to lack of leased aircraft on part of Air India Express is now all set to restart in the Winter schedule of the national carrier. Air India Express authorities have indicated the same affirmatively in their official e-mail sent to Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel. The flight will operate on the Bahrain-Kuwait-Mangalore route.

K Shyam Sundar, chief executive officer of Air India Charters Ltd, in an email communication to MP, has confirmed that the company has plans to reintroduce operations from Mangalore International Airport (MIA) to Kuwait.

"As I informed you over phone on Friday evening, it has been planned to reintroduce the link between Mangalore and Kuwait three times a week effective 27 th October 2014, i.e from the start of the Winter 2014 schedule. The routing of the flight will be Mangalore- Bahrain - Kuwait - Mangalore. The flight from Mangalore to Kuwait has been planned to be operated on Monday, Wednesday and Friday departing from Mangalore at 7.30am and reaching Kuwait via Bahrain at 11.15am (local time). In the return direction the flight from Kuwait to Mangalore will operate non-stop leaving Kuwait at 12.15pm local time and arrive into Mangalore at 19.25 hours local time," Sundar informed the MP through email.
26/08/14 Vinobha KT/Times of India
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