Non-stop Delhi-Shanghai-Delhi flight,
Bangalore linked to Dubai

New Delhi: Introduction of several new flights on the international and domestic routes, increase in capacity offered and enhancement in frequency of several flights are the salient features of Air India Summer Schedule coming into effect from March 30, 2008.

On the international network, Air India will now operate a non-stop A310 flight between Delhi and Shanghai. The flight, introduced in 2003, was earlier operated on the Delhi-Bangkok-Shanghai sector. The airline is also introducing a direct service between Bangalore and Dubai three times a week. Passengers will also have the advantage of increased frequency on other international sectors. The Mumbai-Singapore-Mumbai A330 flight, the Delhi-Muscat-Delhi flight and the Bangalore-Male-Bangalore flight will now be daily flights. The frequency of flights on the Delhi-Kabul-Delhi sector has been increased from four to six flights a week.

On the domestic network, Air India will become the only airline to offer an early morning direct connection from Thiruvananthapuram/Kochi to Delhi and a return evening flight, with a daily A320 service on the sector. Besides this, a daily Mumbai-Lucknow-Varanasi flight, a daily Mumbai-Kochi-Trivandrum flight and a daily Bangalore-Kochi flight are some of the other new introductions. The Delhi-Raipur sector will now have a daily frequency as against three flights earlier.