Mangalore-Delhi flight begins on a low key

Mangalore: The first ever Mangalore-Delhi flight today arrived boarded the passengers and took off to Delhi in a low key programme held at the Bajpe Airport. Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and MLA Abhayachandra along with airport officials were present to flag off the maiden fight to the Nation?s capital from Mangalore.
The sleek 100 seater Air India Regional services that left from Delhi in the wee hours touched down at Bajpe airport at 8.30am and lifted off after refueling and boarding after 45 minutes. The flight took 2.28 minutes for the non stop flight from Delhi to Mangalore and on its return journey it took little less than that and reached Delhi after a non stop flight of 2.25 minutes.
The direct flight between Mangalore-Delhi will operate through circular route via Kozhicode throughout the week except Saturday.
Nagesh Shetty, Mangalore Area Marketing Manager, Air India, said IC-7613 flight would operate every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday on the same route.
Flight IC 7611 would operate on the Delhi-Kozhikode-Mangalore-Delhi route every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
This flight would leave Delhi at 6.45 a.m. and reach Kozhikode at 9.45 a.m. It would leave Kozhikode at 10.15 a.m. and reach Mangalore at 10.55 a.m. It would leave Mangalore at 11.25 a.m. and reach Delhi at 2.10 p.m.
28/03/10 Mangalorean.com

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