Mangalore: Air India Express Awaits Approval of Flight Schedule

Raviprasad Kamila / The Hindu
Mangalore, Sep 13: Air India Express, the low cost airline of Air India, which is to start a service between Mangalore and Dubai from October 2, has sent a three-phase schedule (timings) of the proposed service to the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
But the Director General of Civil Aviation is yet to approve the schedule, according to sources in Air India. The airline would operate its service between the two destinations thrice a week, on Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
Schedule
According to the schedule, the first flight from Dubai will arrive here at 6 pm and depart to Dubai at 9 pm. These timings will be in force till October 28.
The flight will arrive at 6.15 pm and depart at 9 pm from October 30 to December 23. In the third phase, from December 25 till February 2007 the flight will arrive at 9.15 pm. and depart at 1 am. However, the confirmation of the timings will depend on the approval from the Director General of Civil Aviation.
Air India Express has already set up its check-in counter at the Bajpe (Mangalore) airport. This flight service is expected to benefit a number of non-resident Indians in West Asia having their roots in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada.