AI Express Opens Mangalore - Dubai Online Flight Booking
Daijiworld News Network - Dubai / Mangalore
Dubai, Sep 15: Finally, the news has come which would delight each and every Mangalorean living in the UAE that direct flying dream has is said to be drawing closer, as Air India Express opens its online booking for direct Dubai - Mangalore sector, a 210-minute non-stop journey.
The inaugural flight (Flight NO IX 802) is on October 3, 2006, departure time in Dubai is 1410 hrs and arrival at Bajpe at 19.10 hrs.
The return flight from Mangalore is at 2100hrs IST and arrival at Dubai is 2300hrs UAE time
Air India Express will fly THREE times a week Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Inaugural flight on Tuesday is an exception as several VIPs are expected to fly on this flight.
Though all the formalities have been completed, the Air India Express and Mangalore Airport authorities as well as schedule is approved by AAI in New Delhi, AI express specified a clause in its online booking "Schedules are subject to clearances from relevant Government Authorities. Please check and confirm with our Call Center at least 24 Hours before Departure"
Daijiworld has learnt that it is a standard clause for covering the last moment risk, as anything may happen until first flight takes off.
Readers who are following daijiworld.com closely may be aware that since year 2003 July a special initiative has been taken by Rajesh Sequeira who formed a Karnataka NRI forum, many had laughed at him saying "The work which could not take place over the last 33 (from 1970 to 2003 for international airport efforts) will never happen and this forum will be just around only for be the name's same sake.
When Rajesh took enormous efforts towards this goal, UAE's well entrepreneur B R Shetty and other few entrepreneurs Supported him. Mangalore airport director put his special efforts despite of his government position and commitment. Daijiworld has left no tone unturned in highlighting the news and updating the status time to time, since last one year more people became active in this direction and around the Gulf NRI organizations have come up. Sincere efforts by West Coast NRI forum in Daharan Dammam was to be mentioned specially in this juncture and they put tremendous pressure without seeking the name and publicity.
If flight flies as scheduled on Oct 3, it will be a historic day for Mangaloreans worldwide and those who fly on first flight will remember the day as most remembered day.
For online booking Click - http://www.airindiaexpress.in
More details in this regards will be updated as and when it comes
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