Air India has announced that it is increasing capacity on Bangkok, Hong Kong and Seoul routes in the upcoming summer season schedule.
East Asia expansion
As of 26th March 2023, Air India will fly 6-additional-times a week to Bangkok, three each from Delhi and Mumbai. From the same day, the airline will also operate additional weekly flights from Delhi to Hong Kong and Seoul Incheon.
The additional services will be operated by Boeing B787-8 Dreamliners featuring 18 Business Class seats and 236 standard Economy Class seats.
Currently, Air India flies 4-weekly to Bangkok both from Mumbai and Delhi. On the Seoul route, the airline currently flies 3-weekly from Delhi while on the Hong Kong route, the airline currently flies 2-weekly from Delhi.
With these additions, Air India and Air India Express will collectively offer 67 weekly services to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore and Tokyo from Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Trichy and Madurai.
Building a more robust network is a key element of Air India’s Vihaan.AI 5-year transformation plan, and having boosted services on multiple routes to North America and Europe in quick succession, we are now pleased to step up services to the East. We recognise the importance of providing our customers with convenient and reliable travel options, and this increase in frequency demonstrates our commitment to meeting those needs.
said Nipun Aggarwal, Chief Commercial and Transformation Officer, Air India.
Flights on Mumbai-Bangkok-Mumbai route operate with the following schedule:
- Mumbai-Bangkok
- Departure time: 01:50
- Arrival time: 07:45
- Flight time: 4 hours and 25 minutes
- Flight number: AI330
- Bangkok-Mumbai
- Departure time: 20:50
- Arrival time: 23:50
- Flight time: 4 hours and 30 minutes
- Flight number: AI331
Flights on Bangkok-Delhi-Bangkok route operate with the following schedule:
- Bangkok-Delhi
- Departure time: 08:55
- Arrival time: 12:00
- Flight time: 4 hours and 35 minutes
- Flight number: AI333
- Delhi-Bangkok
- Departure time: 13:40
- Arrival time: 19:35
- Flight time: 4 hours and 25 minutes
- Flight number: AI332
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Flights on Delhi-Seoul Incheon-Delhi route run with the following schedule:
- Delhi-Seoul Incheon
- Departure time: 23:40
- Arrival time: 10:30 (the next day)
- Flight time: 7 hours and 20 minutes
- Flight number: AI312
- Frequency: 4-weekly
- Seoul Incheon-Delhi
- Departure time: 12:05
- Arrival time: 16:05
- Flight time: 7 hours and 30 minutes
- Flight number: AI313
- Frequency: 4-weekly
Flights on Delhi-Hong Kong-Delhi route run with the following schedule:
- Delhi-Hong Kong
- Departure time: 23:00
- Arrival time: 06:55 (the next day)
- Flight time: 5 hours and 25 minutes
- Flight number: AI314
- Hong Kong-Delhi
- Departure time: 08:25
- Arrival time: 11:30
- Flight time: 5 hours and 35 minutes
- Flight number: AI315
Recently, Air India also resumed flights to Vienna, Milan and Copenhagen as part of its international expansion strategy.
Featured image by Air India
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