June 5, 2024News

Air India Express Expands Presence In Delhi-NCR

It will begin operating flights from Hindon Airport on August 1, 2024.

Presently, the Delhi-NCR region has two functional commercial airports – Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and Hindon Airport in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Air India Express (AIX) offers more than 280 weekly flight options from the former. However, the airline has confirmed that from August 1, 2024, it will commence flight operations from Hindon Airport. From there, AIX will operate 28 weekly flights to three popular destinations in India – Bengaluru, Kolkata and Goa.

Once live, AIX will become the first airline in India to operate from both airports in Delhi-NCR. Hindon Airport is near densely populated areas such as NOIDA, East Delhi, Bulandshahr, Dadri, and others. Tickets are already available on AIX’s official website, with fares starting at INR 5,134.

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Between Hindon and Bengaluru, AIX will operate two flights daily starting August 1, 2024. From Bengaluru, the first flight leaves at 05:10 and the second at 11:55. The two outbound flights from Hindon to Bengaluru depart at 08:30 and 15:15. The flight time is 2 hours and 50 minutes.

On August 15, 2024, an AIX flight will depart from Kolkata and land at Hindon at 07:10 and 09:30, respectively. After a 30-minute wait, the flight will leave Hindon for Goa, where it will arrive at 12:45. The return leg starts from Goa at 13:15, lands at Hindon at 15:55, departs for Kolkata at 16:25, and arrives there at 18:45. This will be a daily affair.

AIX has confirmed that it will link more destinations with the airport in Ghaziabad. With one-stop itineraries, cities such as Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Calicut, Kannur, Kochi, Hyderabad, Imphal, Bagdogra, Mangalore, Mumbai, Pune, and Thiruvananthapuram will be added to the network. The carrier will also add Kathmandu, Nepal, and Dhaka, Bangladesh, to its growing network.

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July 3, 2024

easyJet To Start Year-Round London-Menorca Service

UK-based pocket-friendly airline easyJet has announced that starting this winter, it will operate year-round flights between London Gatwick and Menorca. The route, which is currently active for the summer, will become an all-year-round offering from November 6, 2024. The service will run twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Tickets for the winter season on the route mentioned above are already available, with prices starting at GBP 38.99.

Menorca is one of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and part of Spain. easyJet first launched flight services to the Balearic Islands over a quarter of a century ago. Since then, the carrier has ferried approximately 45 million passengers. Over the years, the airline has grown connections from the islands to Europe and the UK to 64 routes. The carrier began operations in Menorca in 2005 with flights from London Gatwick. Over 3.6 million passengers have taken easyJet’s services between the two points to date.

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July 3, 2024

Beond Starts Service Between Milan And Malé

After launching services to Malé from Dubai, Zurich, Munich and Riyadh, Beond Airlines has announced the introduction of flights from Milan-Malpensa. The carrier, which currently operates a specially curated Airbus A319 with luxurious appointments and only lie-flat beds, will fly two weekly flights on the newly introduced route on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The airline has already taken delivery of its second aircraft, an Airbus A321. The twin-engined jet, typically configured to haul around 200 passengers, is undergoing refurbishment. Once ready, it will help the carrier boost its operations and add more destinations across the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Europe.