Saturday, November 09, 2019

Alliance Air to commence flights between Chennai and Jaffna from November 11

Colombo: Air India's wholly-owned subsidiary Alliance Air's flight service between Chennai and Jaffna will begin operations from November 11, Alliance Air said in a press release.

The airline said the direct flights will be operated thrice a week - Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The flight from Chennai 9I 101 will depart at 10.35 a.m. and arrive in Jaffna at 12 p.m. The flight from Jaffna 9I 102 will then depart at 12.45 p.m. and reach Chennai at 2.10 p.m. on the scheduled days,

The direct flight service which was inaugurated with a maiden flight on October 17 was initially scheduled to begin on November 1.

The Jaffna International Airport, which was declared open on 17th October, will be the Alliance Air's first connection to an international destination, the statement said. Alliance Air currently connects 53 destinations within India with 113 departures every day.

"It brings us immense delight that after spearheading efforts connecting unique regional routes within India under UDAN, we now fly international, adding the beautiful island nation Sri Lanka in the aviation ambit of Alliance Air. This will be the first non-stop service between Chennai & Jaffna," C.S. Subbiah, CEO, Alliance Air, said.
09/11/19  Colombo Page

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