MANGALURU: Air travellers seeking increased air travel options between Mangaluru and Bengaluru will benefit from an expansion in flight availability starting March 30.
The Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) has announced that the summer schedule of airlines will introduce a total of nine daily flights to Karnataka’s capital, operated by IndiGo and Air India Express.
Flight frequency from Mangaluru to Bengaluru will initially increase to eight daily flights (IndiGo-six, Air India Express-two) at the start of the summer schedule, compared to seven daily flights currently operating. This will further increase to nine daily flights to Bengaluru from May 23, with IndiGo increasing from six to seven flights, stated a spokesperson for MIA.
The Mangaluru-Mumbai route will continue to have five daily flights – three IndiGo and two Air India Express. IndiGo and Air India Express will continue to operate one daily flight each to the national capital, Delhi.
Hyderabad will see two daily and one additional flight on three days a week, all by IndiGo, and Chennai will continue to have two daily flights operated by IndiGo.
On the international sector, Air India Express will operate both its weekly flights to Bahrain directly from Mangaluru instead of one via Kannur. Air India Express will operate two daily flights to Dubai, a daily flight to Abu Dhabi, four flights a week each to Dammam and Muscat, two flights each week to Doha, and one weekly flight each to Jeddah and Kuwait, respectively.
IndiGo will see a capacity addition of seats on offer with its daily flight to Abu Dhabi as the airline will deploy the 232-seater Airbus A321 Neo aircraft on this sector. Likewise, IndiGo will continue to offer four weekly flights to Dubai.