Direct Flights from Muscat and Abu Dhabi to Mangalore

Muscat: Following top level meetings at Air India Express headquarters in Mumbai, the officials have informed us that they have changed their flight schedule and will now be flying the first flight to Mangalore from Muscat and Abu Dhabi on March 1st 2007, BUT if everything goes positively, then they may prepone the maiden flight to February 24, 2007.
Days of flight operations will remain the same ? Thursdays and Saturdays.
The assigned AI aircraft for the said maiden flight on Thursday, March 1st 2007 will fly the following sectors: Trivandrum ? Abu Dhabi ? Muscat ? Mangalore ? Abu Dhabi - Muscat ? Trivandrum.
The tentative timings-
Departure from Mangalore: 00:01 hrs (midnight). This gives more than a three hour gap to the Mangalore Airport Immigration as the Dubai flight takes off at 9 pm from Mangalore. (Other related flight timings will be confirmed by AI Express shortly).
25/01/07 Mangalorean.com

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