Another flight to Mumbai from Mangalore soon

Mangalore: A prominent private airliner has proposed to introduce a domestic daily flight service from Kochi to Mumbai via Mangalore from September 14, according to official sources.
The sources told The Hindu that as per the proposal, the flight would depart from Kochi at 9 a.m. and arrive in Mangalore (Bajpe airport) at 9.45 a.m.
It would depart from here at 10.15 a.m. and reach Mumbai at 11.30 a.m.
On its return journey the flight would leave Mumbai at 5 p.m. and land here at 6.15 p.m. It would depart from Bajpe airport at 6.45 p.m. and reach Kochi at 7.30 p.m.
This proposal had been awaiting the green signal from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the sources said. At present, the Bajpe airport of the AAI is handling five domestic daily flight services (10 movements - landing and take off) between Mumbai and Mangalore. If the new proposal is through, then there will be six daily flight services (12 movements) between Mangalore and Mumbai.
31/08/07 The Hindu

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Categories: Airports Aug 2007