Air India flights from Coimbatore soon
State-run carrier Air India Express, a subsidiary of Air India, today launched operations to Singapore and Dubai from here.The airline would operate flights to Singapore via Chennai thrice a week on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays. In the return direction, the flights would be on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, but would not touch Chennai.The flights to Dubai would be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with the return flights also on the same days.The first flight to Chennai was flagged off this noon from the newly constructed runway.S Ranganthan, Executive Director, Ground Services, Air India, said Tiruchirappalli was the tenth destination on the Air India Express network.
The airlines would make the two services as daily flights once the Airports Authority of India (AAI) completed the expansion project taking place at various airports and made certain corrections to the newly extended runway here, Ranganathan, who is also the Chief Operating Officer, Air India, Air Transport Services Limited, said.He also said the airlines was planning to start services from Coimbatore and Madurai in the near future. Air India Express would offer services to Abu Dhabi, Colombo also.
