Air India is making some changes to its domestic network. The airline’s expansion from Mumbai and Delhi will take place in June. Let’s have a look at it.
Thanks of X/AviationAll_, we now know all about Air India’s domestic expansion from Mumbai and Delhi which will be effective from next month.
Air India Expansion Ex-Mumbai
Starting 15th June 2024, Air India will operate a daily service to Vijayawada and a 6-weekly service to Jammu from Mumbai. Both the routes will be operated by all-Economy aircraft. The Vijayawada service replaces the Kozhikode service while Jammu replaces Varanasi.
Mumbai-Vijayawada-Mumbai flights will operate with the following schedule:
- Mumbai-Vijayawada
- Departure time: 15:55
- Arrival time: 17:45
- Flight time: 1 hour and 50 minutes
- Flight number: AI598
- Frequency: Daily
- Vijayawada-Mumbai
- Departure time: 19:10
- Arrival time: 21:00
- Flight time: 1 hour and 50 minutes
- Flight number: AI599
- Frequency: Daily
Air India will have a monopoly on this route.
Mumbai-Jammu-Mumbai service will operate with the following timings:
- Mumbai-Jammu
- Departure time: 10:15
- Arrival time: 12:55
- Flight time: 2 hours and 40 minutes
- Flight number: AI592
- Frequency: All days except Wednesday
- Jammu-Mumbai
- Departure time: 14:10
- Arrival time: 16:35
- Flight time: 2 hours and 25 minutes
- Flight number: AI593
- Frequency: All days except Wednesday
As of 16th June 2024, the airline will operate a daily flight between Mumbai and Srinagar with the following schedule:
- Mumbai-Srinagar
- Departure time: 05:25
- Arrival time: 08:05
- Flight time: 2 hours and 40 minutes
- Flight number: AI596
- Frequency: Daily
- Srinagar-Mumbai
- Departure time: 08:55
- Arrival time: 11:40
- Flight time: 2 hours and 45 minutes
- Flight number: AI597
- Frequency: Daily
Air India will compete with Akasa Air, IndiGo and SpiceJet on this route. The Srinagar service replaces Air India’s daily Pune service.
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Ex-Delhi
Starting 1st June 2024, Air India will operate an additional daily frequency between Delhi and Ahmedabad with the following schedule:
- Delhi-Ahmedabad
- Departure time: 20:45
- Arrival time: 22:15
- Flight time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Flight number: AI493
- Frequency: Daily
- Ahmedabad-Delhi
- Departure time: 23:00
- Arrival time: 00:30 (the next day)
- Flight time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Flight number: AI494
- Frequency: Daily
With this addition, the airline will operate 36-flights-a-week between the two cities.
Starting 2nd June 2024, the full-service carrier will operate an additional 4-weekly frequency between Delhi and Varanasi, taking the total to 11-flights-a-week. The new frequency will run with the following timings:
- Delhi-Varanasi
- Departure time: 12:00
- Arrival time: 13:30
- Flight time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Flight number: AI483
- Frequency: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays
- Varanasi-Delhi
- Departure time: 14:20
- Arrival time: 15:30
- Flight time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Flight number: AI484
- Frequency: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays
As of 2nd June 2024, the airline will also operate a new 6-weekly service between Delhi and Coimbatore with the following schedule:
- Delhi-Coimbatore
- Departure time: 15:00
- Arrival time: 18:00
- Flight time: 3 hours
- Flight number: AI547
- Frequency: All days except Saturday
- Coimbatore-Delhi
- Departure time: 18:45
- Arrival time: 21:50
- Flight time: 3 hours and 05 minutes
- Flight number: AI548
- Frequency: All days except Saturday
Air India will compete with Vistara and IndiGo on this route.
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