Chennai: Alliance Air, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, will start operating daily flights between Chennai and Jaffna from February 27 onwards.
Earlier, in November 2019, the airline inaugurated commercial flight operations between Chennai International Airport (MAA) and Jaffna International Airport (JAF) thrice a week (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday).
Following an overwhelming response from passengers, the airline has now announced that it will start daily flights to and from Chennai and Jaffna on all days of the week. “Vanakkam Sri Lanka! Alliance Air flights foray into Jaffna all seven days of the week,” a statement from the airline read.
Flight 9I 101 will depart from Chennai at 1045 hrs and arrive in Jaffna at 1200 hrs on all days of the week. On Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sunday Flight 9I 102 will depart from Jaffna at 1245hrs and arrive in Chennai at 1410hrs. On Tuesday & Saturday Flight 9I 102 will depart from Jaffna at 1245hrs and arrive in Chennai at 1355hrs.
The Chennai-Jaffna airfare costs about Rs 3,190 and the Jaffna-Chennai airfare is Rs 3,990.
Commercial flight services between Chennai and Jaffna which were stopped when a civil war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan government broke out in 1983.
The inaugural ATR-72 aircraft of Alliance Air which ferried Ashwani Lohani, the Chairman and Managing Director of Alliance Air, CEO CS Subbiah and few Indian Journalists to Jaffna was greeted with a water cannon salute after touchdown.
“This flight is special in many ways. Apart from being Alliance Air’s maiden international foray, it has connected Chennai to Jaffna after a gap of 41 years. Flyers coming into Chennai from Delhi, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Dubai, Trivandrum & Muscat have the option of connecting onwards to Jaffna over Chennai making air travel more convenient,” the statement added.
25/02/20 Indian Express
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Earlier, in November 2019, the airline inaugurated commercial flight operations between Chennai International Airport (MAA) and Jaffna International Airport (JAF) thrice a week (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday).
Following an overwhelming response from passengers, the airline has now announced that it will start daily flights to and from Chennai and Jaffna on all days of the week. “Vanakkam Sri Lanka! Alliance Air flights foray into Jaffna all seven days of the week,” a statement from the airline read.
Flight 9I 101 will depart from Chennai at 1045 hrs and arrive in Jaffna at 1200 hrs on all days of the week. On Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sunday Flight 9I 102 will depart from Jaffna at 1245hrs and arrive in Chennai at 1410hrs. On Tuesday & Saturday Flight 9I 102 will depart from Jaffna at 1245hrs and arrive in Chennai at 1355hrs.
The Chennai-Jaffna airfare costs about Rs 3,190 and the Jaffna-Chennai airfare is Rs 3,990.
Commercial flight services between Chennai and Jaffna which were stopped when a civil war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan government broke out in 1983.
The inaugural ATR-72 aircraft of Alliance Air which ferried Ashwani Lohani, the Chairman and Managing Director of Alliance Air, CEO CS Subbiah and few Indian Journalists to Jaffna was greeted with a water cannon salute after touchdown.
“This flight is special in many ways. Apart from being Alliance Air’s maiden international foray, it has connected Chennai to Jaffna after a gap of 41 years. Flyers coming into Chennai from Delhi, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Dubai, Trivandrum & Muscat have the option of connecting onwards to Jaffna over Chennai making air travel more convenient,” the statement added.
25/02/20 Indian Express
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