November 27, 2023News

Daily Akasa Air Flights To Port Blair Start Next Month

One of India’s newest airlines, Akasa Air, has added a new destination to its expanding network. From December 15, 2023, the carrier will start operating daily flights to Port Blair, the capital city of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, from Bengaluru via Chennai. In case you’re wondering, there won’t be a change of aircraft in Chennai.

Here are the flight details: Flight QP 1485 will depart from Bengaluru at 6 am and arrive in Tamil Nadu’s capital at 7:05 am. After a stoppage of 40 minutes, the flight will leave Chennai at 7:45 am and land in Port Blair at 9:55 am. The return flight, QP 1486, will depart at 10:35 am and arrive at Chennai at 1 pm. 35 minutes later, the same aircraft will leave Chennai and land in Karnataka’s capital at 2:50 pm.

Akasa Air, which has a fleet of Boeing 737 Max jets, has served more than 5.9 million passengers ever since it went live in August last year. Apart from the cities mentioned above, the carrier also connects with Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kochi, Guwahati, Agartala, Pune, Lucknow, Goa, Hyderabad, Bagdogra, Bhubaneswar and Kolkata.

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May 8, 2024

airBaltic Launches Three New Flights From Riga

As part of its 2024 summer season, Latvian airline airBaltic has launched three new flights from its primary hub, Riga. All three are direct flights to Skopje, Chisinau and Pristina. The carrier will fly two weekly flights to the three cities mentioned above.

Skopje is the capital of North Macedonia, and the flight here from Riga will take about 2 hours and 46 minutes. The nonstop service from Riga to Chisinau, Moldova’s capital, will take 2 hours and 30 minutes. Lastly, the flight time between Riga and Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, should take about 2 hours and 50 minutes.

airBaltic aims to offer 15 new routes from the Baltics and Tampere during the summer season. All flights will be operated on an Airbus A220-300.

Also Read: airBaltic Connects Tampere With Palma De Mallorca

May 8, 2024

LOT Polish Airlines To Add Three Embraer Jets Soon

Poland’s flag carrier, LOT Polish Airlines, has decided to lease three new Embraer E195-E2 jets from lessor Azorra. The first of the trio will join the carrier’s fleet by July end, while others should get into action within Q3 of 2024. LOT says the transition of flight crews from E1 to E2 aircraft won’t take more than a few days.

The Embraer E192-E2, a single-aisle jet, can seat a maximum of 146 passengers. However, LOT Polish Airlines has chosen a relatively comfortable layout of 136 seats in a single class. The airline’s fleet presently comprises 43 Embraer E-Jets, making it one of the largest operators of the said aircraft family in Europe.