More flights from Mangalore to West Asia by the end of the year

Mangalore: This coastal city is likely to have more flights to West Asia by the end of 2007 putting more pressure on the Bajpe (Mangalore) airport of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to expand its departure hall.
Air India Express is planning to increase its services between Mangalore and Dubai from five times a week to seven from October 28. It will be a day service. The airline is also planning to increase its services from here to Abu Dhabi and Muscat from two times a week to four by November. In addition, it plans to introduce a new flight between Mangalore and Kuwait, according the Karnataka NRI Forum, Dubai, UAE.
Rajesh Sequeira, coordinator of the forum who was in the city recently, told that the forum had been urging the State-owned airline to increase its services to destinations in West Asia and connect more West Asian cities to Mangalore.
The authorities of Air India Express have informed the forum that its Dubai-Mangalore service would be a daily service from October 28. It will also connect Dubai with Kozikhode via Mangalore. According to the tentative schedule, the flight would depart from Kozikhode at 10.30 a.m. and arrive in Mangalore at 11.15 a.m. It would leave Mangalore at noon and reach Dubai at 2.10 p.m. (Dubai time) (3.30 p.m. IST).
The flight will depart from Dubai at 1.35 p.m. (Dubai time) (3.05 p.m. IST) and land in Mangalore at 6.30 p.m. and depart from here to Kozhikode at 7.15 p.m. and reach Kozhikode at 8 p.m.
17/09/07 The Hindu/Bellevision

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