August 21, 2024News

Etihad Readies An A380 For Its Abu Dhabi-Mumbai Route

Planning a trip between Mumbai and Abu Dhabi? Why not do it on an Airbus A380? Etihad Airways has announced that it will deploy its largest aircraft, an A380, on its route between the UAE capital and India’s financial capital for four months. Why? It is to celebrate the carrier completing 20 years of flying to India. The airline’s inaugural flight to Mumbai was on September 26, 2004.

Etihad will operate an A380 on the route mentioned above thrice weekly on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, beginning September 1, 2024. Flight EK 0204 will depart Abu Dhabi and land in Mumbai at 14:35 and 19:25, respectively. The return service – EK 0203 – will leave Mumbai at 22:50 and arrive in Abu Dhabi at 00:35 the next day. These two flights will run until October 26, 2024.

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A new schedule will start for Etihad’s A380 on the said route from October 27 and run until December 31, 2024. Flight EK 0204 will leave Abu Dhabi and arrive in Mumbai at 14:55 and 19:35, respectively. The return leg—EK 0205—will depart from Mumbai at 22:40 and land in Abu Dhabi at 00:40 the next day. All times mentioned are local.

Fares? Return tickets for First Class are available at AED 8,380 (Origin – Abu Dhabi) and INR 190,383 (Origin – Mumbai). Similarly, return fares for Business Class passengers are AED 2,380 and INR 50,381. These special fares are available until August 25, 2024, for travel between September 1 and October 13.

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September 19, 2024

Air Serbia Reconnects Belgrade With Nice After Five Years

After a five-year gap, a much sought-after route for Air Serbia made a comeback today. Flight JU250 took off from the Serbian capital, Belgrade, and landed in France’s second-largest airport, Nice Côte d’Azur Airport. Serbia’s flag carrier will operate two weekly flights between Belgrade and Nice on Thursdays and Sundays. The flight time for each sector is approximately 2 hours. The announcement for the resumption of this route came in last month.

The Nice Airport serves more than 14 million passengers every year. Air Serbia’s connection to Belgrade will offer travellers additional flight options to several European destinations. Besides providing service to Nice, Air Serbia also offers flights to Paris and Lyon.

September 19, 2024

easyJet Confirms Direct Flights To Tbilisi From Next Year

The easy-on-the-pocket airline easyJet has announced an all-new route for next year’s summer. Starting April 1, 2025, the low-cost carrier will begin operating nonstop flights between London Luton and Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Although the airliner has never offered this route, it does fly passengers to the Georgian capital from Geneva and Milan Malpensa. Tickets for the London-Tbilisi route are already available. To bolster flight operations from London Luton, easyJet has based an extra Airbus A320 jet, bringing the carrier’s fleet at the said hub to 25 A320 family aircraft.

In addition to connections to major European cities such as Paris and Amsterdam, easyJet flies to various other leisure locations across the continent from London Luton. The list includes destinations in Spain, Italy, Tunisia, Turkey and Egypt.

Earlier this week, UK’s flag carrier British Airways announced direct flights to Tbilisi from London Heathrow.