Air India Express to increase number of flights in summer schedule

NEW DELHI: Air India Express, the international budget arm of the national carrier, will added eight more flights in its

network in the upcoming summer schedule and would operate 173 flights per week during the period.

 "In the summer 2015 schedule, Air India Express will operate 173 flights per week as compared to current operation of 165

flights/week. The aircraft utilisation will be 11.3 hours per day," the airline said in a statement.

 Summer schedule of the airlines in the country commences from late March and lasts up to October-end every year.

There would be an average of 55 departures per day. According to the statement, the number of flights on Kochi-Muscat-Kochi, Kozhikode-Salalah-Kozhikode, Kozhikode- Dammam-Kozhikode and Mangalore-Dammam-Mangalore routes would be increase
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