Indigo announces two new destinations from Tiruchirappalli

Indigo, India’s largest low cost carrier and largest airline, has announced two new destinations from Tiruchirappalli – one in North India and one in South India.

Flights to Delhi

Starting 10th January 2022, Indigo will operate 4-weekly nonstop flights between Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport and Tiruchirappalli International Airport. The flights will increase to daily in the summer schedule i.e. from 27th March 2022. The timings for these flights are:

• Delhi-Tiruchirappalli
• Departure time: 05:30
• Arrival time: 08:30
• Flight time: 3 hours
• Flight number: 6E865
• Frequency: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays (daily from 27th March 2022)

• Tiruchirappalli-Delhi
• Departure time: 14:25
• Arrival time: 17:20
• Flight time: 2 hours and 55 minutes
• Flight number: 6E872
• Frequency: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays (daily from 27th March 2022)

Flights will be operated by Airbus A320 aircraft. From 27th March 2022, these flights will run with the following schedule:

• Delhi-Tiruchirappalli
• Departure time: 14:15
• Arrival time: 17:30
• Flight time: 3 hours and 15 minutes
• Flight number: 6E5088
• Frequency: Daily

• Tiruchirappalli-Delhi
• Departure time: 08:35
• Arrival time: 11:40
• Flight time: 3 hours and 05 minutes
• Flight number: 6E5048
• Frequency: Daily

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Flights to Tirupati

Indigo will operate flights between Tirupati Airport and Tiruchirappalli International Airport 4-times-a-week starting 18th January 2022. Flights will operate with the following schedule:

• Tirupati-Tiruchirappalli
• Departure time: 17:00
• Arrival time: 18:20
• Flight time: 1 hour and 20 minutes
• Flight number: 6E7067
• Frequency: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays

• Tiruchirappalli-Tirupati
• Departure time: 18:40
• Arrival time: 20:00
• Flight time: 1 hour and 20 minutes
• Flight number: 6E7068
• Frequency: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays

These flights will be operated by the airline’s ATR72-600 aircraft.

6E monopoly at Tiruchirappalli

Indigo is the only Indian airline that presently operates domestic flights from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu. Delhi and Tirupati will be the carrier’s fourth and fifth destinations respectively from Tiruchirappalli.

Indigo presently operates 4-flights-a-day to Chennai, twice-daily flights to Bengaluru and a daily flight to Hyderabad. As of 18th January 2022 when the carrier starts flights to Tirupati, it will have 7 to 9 daily departures from Tiruchirappalli.

Meanwhile, Indigo recently launched Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) flights from Chennai to Singapore.

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