Doha, Dubai flights take off today from Nagpur

Nagpur: There will be double bonanza for international air-travellers of Orange City from September 24 onwards as international airliners Qatar Airways and low-cost airliner Air India Express will be commencing their respective Nagpur-Doha and Nagpur-Dubai operations from Dr Ambedkar International Airport here.
On Monday the inaugural flight of Qatar Airways will arrive at Nagpur at 10 am and take off for Doha at 11.15 am, while the Air India Express flight will arrive from Mumbai at 11.30 am and take off for Dubai at 1.30 pm.
The low-cost airliner Air India Express will be operated on Mumbai-Nagpur-Dubai sector with 188 seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. It will take off from Nagpur at 1.30 pm and reach Dubai at 3.40 pm. In its return journey, the flight will take off from Dubai at 4.30 pm and reach Nagpur at 7.25 pm. The aircraft will have single-class economy, but it will provide all its passengers all the essential on-board services needed for a comfortable flight.
Qatar Airways will operate flights on Monday and Thursday with 144-seat Airbus-320 aircraft on the Nagpur-Doha route. The flight will arrive at Nagpur at 4.30 am and will take off for Doha at 5.35 am. An official of Qatar Airways said the inaugural flight will be carrying 144 passengers (100% load) to Doha, similar is the situation with Air India Express flight, sources said. Doha and Dubai will be destinations to be linked with the city after Sharjah (Air Arabia) and Bangkok (Indian).
24/09/07 Times of India

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