AI restarts Delhi-Muscat, Mumbai-Muscat flights

Air India Express to be restricted to Kerala sector

BY A CORRESPONDENT
March 29, 2006

Air India has restarted its flights to Muscat from Delhi and Mumbai effective March 26. There will be three Air India flights each from Delhi and Mumbai to the Omani capital every week. With the return of Air India, its low-cost subsidiary Air India Express will now be limited only to the Kerala sector. Economy and business class seats are available on the Air India Muscat flights.

According to an Air India official at a press conference in Oman, the decision to reintroduce the flights was taken after careful consideration of market trends.

Air India will be using an Airbus 310 to fly the India-Oman routes. The aircraft will have 20 seats in business class and the rest in economy. There will be 2 direct and one indirect flight in the Delhi-Muscat route, while for Mumbai, it will be two indirect and one direct.

There will also be connection flights to Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai etc.

According to Air India Express officials, there is demand for business travel between Muscat and Delhi-Mumbai, which cannot be satisfied by Air India Express flights. Hence the decision to field the flagship carrier airline in this route. cargo transport also has been rising this in sector, another area where Air India Express lags.

Air India Express has already announced its summer travel schedules, with more flights to Kerala cities of Trivandrum, Kozhikode and Kochi.