Air India has announced a direct nonstop flight to London from Hyderabad.
The national carrier of India has announced nonstop flight from Hyderabad to London Heathrow that will run on Mondays and from London Heathrow to Hyderabad that will run on Sundays from 9th May to 6th September,2021. The airline will deploy a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on this route.
Air India tweeted:
Flight schedule:
- Hyderabad-London Heathrow
- Departure time: 01:30
- Arrival time: 07:30
- Flight time: 10 hours and 30 minutes
- Flight number: AI147
- London Heathrow-Hyderabad
- Departure time: 09:45
- Arrival time: 23:35
- Flight time: 9 hours and 20 minutes
- Flight number: AI148
Competitor is British Airways
Notably, British Airways also operates a flight between Hyderabad and London Heathrow that runs 5-times-a-week on Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays on London-Hyderabad route and on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays on Hyderabad-London route.
Flight schedule for the same is:
- London Heathrow-Hyderabad
- Departure time: 15:10
- Arrival time: 05:15 (the next day)
- Flight time: 9 hours and 35 minutes
- Flight number: BA277
- Hyderabad-London Heathrow
- Departure time: 07:15
- Arrival time: 13:10
- Flight time: 10 hours and 25 minutes
- Flight number: BA276
British Airways also deploys a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on this route.
Expanding international network
Air India is gradually expanding its international network.
With the addition of Hyderabad to Air India’s London network, the airline will now operate flights to London from 8 Indian cities namely Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Amritsar.
The airline has announced flights to Moscow, Brisbane and Singapore along with flights to Japan and Italy.
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