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747-237 · Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:20 am Post subject:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Flyers-fume-as-Air-India-decides-to-operate-ATR-on-Surat-Delhi-sector/articleshow/54929480.cms

Flyers fume as Air India decides to operate ATR on Surat-Delhi sector

Oct 19, 2016

The passengers flying frequently from Surat to Delhi have opposed the decision of Air India (AI) authorities to introduce an ATR aircraft in its morning scheduled between Delhi and Surat from December 1.

Sources said that the AI authorities in New Delhi had expressed their desire to launch Airbus operations between Surat and Delhi in the morning schedule. However, the new winter schedule announced by the AI has the 66-seater ATR aircraft.

At present, the AI operates CRJ aircraft on Surat-Delhi sector in the morning. The AI also operates Surat-Mumbai service thrice a week followed by daily operation of Airbus in the evening between Surat and Delhi.

According to the new schedule, the AI will be operating CRJ aircraft on Surat-Delhi sector from October 30 to November 30 in the morning schedule. From December 1, the CRJ will be replaced by an ATR aircraft.

Member of We Want Working Airport at Surat (WWWAS), Sanjay Jain told TOI, "It seems the AI is doing step-motherly treatment for the people in Surat. Despite giving them (AI) passenger load of over 85 per cent, AI is not bothered. They (AI) were supposed to operate Airbus on Surat-Delhi sector in the morning from December 1. Instead they have introduced an ART craft from December 1."

Jain added, "Now, we have a reason to call Airindia as 'Gairindia', because of the injustice meted out on the dedicated passenger traffic from Surat."

Despite repeated attempts, the AI officials at Surat were unavailable for comments.
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747-237 · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 6:54 am Post subject:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Another-Airbus-between-Surat-Delhi-from-October-30/articleshow/54947580.cms

Another Airbus between Surat, Delhi from October 30

Oct 20, 2016

Chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India (AI) Ashwani Lohani has announced the launch of Airbus-320 in the morning scheduled between Surat-Delhi starting from October 30.

The decision has come following protest by the Surti flyers on social media condemning the decision taken by the Air India (AI) to operate ATR aircraft on Surat-Delhi sector from December 1.

AI CMD conveyed the announcement through Navsari MP C R Paatil, who met him in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Talking to TOI, Paatil said, "AI CMD has assured to operate Airbus-320 on Surat-Delhi sector in morning schedule starting from October 30. With this, Surat will have two Airbus between Surat and Delhi."

Asked whether the AI will replace its CRJ and ATRs from Surat, Paatil said, "The AI is committed to serve the passengers in Surat. The passenger traffic from Surat to Delhi is phenomenal and the AI is earning handsome revenue. However, they want to ramp up facilities for the passengers by providing bigger aircrafts."

Meanwhile, angry flyers from the Diamond City flooded the twitter handle of AI CMD Ashwani Lohani to protest the decision to operate ATR aircraft in the morning session between Surat and Delhi from December 1 on Wednesday.

"If this is true, it's a good news for the flyers in Surat.,". said president of Surat Airport Action Committee (SAAC), Sanjay Ezhava.
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These guys are scared of the "fan waali chidiya". As an ATR lover, I seriously feel otherwise.
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747-237 · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 6:37 am Post subject:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Air-India-in-talks-with-BSNL-for-net-in-air/articleshow/54967751.cms

Air India in talks with BSNL for net in air

Oct 21, 2016

You may soon be surfing the net on Air India's long-haul nonstops to North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia. The airline has asked BSNL to work out the feasibility and give an estimate of the cost to install its aircraft with Wi-Fi on board. In addition, the airline has also started talks with some international onboard internet providers.

"We are keen to have internet on board as AI operates the longest flights out of India and this is a facility that is being increasingly provided by several leading global airlines. However, we are first trying to find out how much the project costs, and if found feasible, we will like to have the same on our aircraft," said a senior official. AI chief Ashwani Lohani recently met his BSNL counterpart Anupam Srivastava to take this issue forward.

AI had two years ago approached Geneva-based OnAir, which provides both internet and mobile connectivity. But AI was told that India had rules which needed a local server for airlines wishing to provide internet. Plus the cost was too high.
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sabya99 · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 12:15 am Post subject:

You tube at 35,000 ft, just unforgettable. I missed it in my last long distance flight!
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747-237 · Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:44 pm Post subject:

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-touch-our-feet-and-apologize-air-india-flyers-served-non-veg-2266300

Touch our feet and apologize: Air India flyers served non-veg

22 Oct 2016

Deeply offended to find chicken in their vegetarian meals, passengers on a Shanghai-Delhi-Mumbai Air India flight made a huge hue and cry about the airline's goof-up. Refusing to settle for repeated apologies from senior crew members of the airline, the irate passengers eventually demanded that the crew members should touch their feet and apologise. While the national carrier's in-flight crew bore the brunt of the agitated flyers, the blame rested on the Chinese caterer who uploaded the meals at Shanghai's Pudong airport.

The incident occurred on September 25, minutes after the crew served dinner to the largely-Indian passengers onboard. In his flight report filed with the airline, crew member S C Rupani reported that the situation got aggressive at one point and the captain had to be informed about it, who in turn informed security officials to be ready when the plane landed at Delhi airport. While the vegetarian meals uploaded in Shanghai had red foils, the non-vegetarian meals with chicken had the green foils. "When a family seated in the economy section brought this to our notice, we immediately apologised and changed the entire meal of the group," Rupani said in his report, adding that within minutes a few other passengers complained about meat in their meals. Even as the crew members were changing the meals, some flyers got irritated.

"The moment one of them announced that beef had been served to them, many of the flyers got agitated and things got out of hand," Rupani said in his report, adding that the flyers not only wanted the complain in writing but also demanded apology from seniors in Air India when they land in Delhi. "One of them even threatened to commit suicide if he was not given an apology to his satisfaction. Things became really tense mid-air," the report says. While the entire cabin crew tried its best to pacify the flyers, security officials were informed to rope in the catering and commercial officials to calm the flyers.

After landing in Delhi, a group of passengers insisted that they will not deplane unless senior airline officials came onboard and apologized to them. "Our crew members were asked to touch the feet and apologise. Would they dare inflict this humiliation on the crew of a foreign airline?" said a senior Air India crew member, adding that on one hand the crew is working under tremendous stress and on the other hand, it has to fight for its rights with the management.

A similar incident had occurred in June this year on the same flight from Shanghai, when 90 passengers were served prawns in a vegetarian meal. "The management had talked about penalising the Chinese caterer, but no action was taken," the crew member said.

When contacted to comment on the incident, Air India's Managing Director Ashwani Lohani said that he will seek details and revert.

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747-237 · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 2:08 pm Post subject:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Air-India-flies-Delhi-San-Francisco-nonstop-over-Pacific-and-into-record-books/articleshow/55005821.cms

Air India flies Delhi-San Francisco nonstop over Pacific, and into record books

Oct 23, 2016

Flying Delhi to San Francisco (SFO) over the Pacific Ocean instead of the Atlantic, as it had done till last week, has earned Air India the record of operating the world's longest nonstop flight.

The Pacific route is almost 1,400km longer than the Atlantic one, and the flight covered 15,300 kilometres in 14.5 hours. Despite the route being longer, the flight took almost two hours less thanks to tailwinds — winds that blow in the same direction as an aircraft and thus make it go faster. .

"The Earth rotates from west to east, and winds flow in that direction too. Flying west means facing strong headwinds (that decreases an aircraft's actual ground speed), and flying east means getting strong tailwinds, which does the opposite," said a senior AI official. "While taking the (western) Atlantic route to SFO, we usually face headwinds of 24kmph. This means that if our aircraft is doing 800kmph, its actual ground speed is 776kmph. Taking the (eastern) Pacific route will mean getting tailwinds of 138kmph, which make the aircraft have an actual ground speed of 938kmph," the official added.

At 13,900km, the Atlantic route of AI's Delhi-SFO nonstop flight made it the world's second-longest after Emirates' Dubai-Auckland (14,120km). Now, AI's Pacific route will remain the world's longest nonstop for two years, till Singapore Airlines launches the mother of all direct flights — Singapore-New York — that will cover 16,500km in 19 hours.

The four pilots, captains Rajneesh Sharma, Gautam Verma, MA Khan and SM Palekar, and the 10 cabin crew members who operated the first Delhi-SFO flight over the Pacific are ecstatic at setting this record.

"The aircraft took off from Delhi at 4am on Sunday (October 16) morning. We were in that date till Japan. After that, we crossed the international date line and were in October 15. By the time we landed in San Francisco, it was 6.30am on October 16 (local time in SFO)," said one of the pilots.

The AI Delhi-SFO-Delhi flight now does a round trip of the world as it flies back to India over the Atlantic to get tailwinds on both the outbound and inbound flights.

The Boeing-777 200 long range used by AI on this route, on an average, burns 9,600 litres of fuel for each hour of flying. A shorter flying time on the Delhi-SFO route — from an hour in summer to three hours (in winter) — would mean huge fuel savings for the airline.

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747-237 · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:33 am Post subject:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/air-india-plans-flights-to-tel-aviv-washington/articleshow/55038912.cms

Air India plans flights to Tel Aviv, Washington

Oct 24, 2016

Air India plans to launch flight services to Tel Aviv and Washington as well as to cities in Africa as the operationally-profitable carrier embarks on international expansion plans.

"We are going to connect Washington, Africa, Tel Aviv and many others (international destinations)," Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani said here today.

Speaking at the launch of the airline's new mobile application, developed by airlines IT services provider SITA, he said the airline is striving to turnaround.

"We have to improve our services both onboard as well as offboard... Air India is a challenge," Lohani said.

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747-237 · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 3:28 pm Post subject:

http://thenortheasttoday.com/air-india-to-discontinue-air-service-between-aizawl-and-imphal/

Air India to discontinue air service between Aizawl and Imphal

Air India- the only airline that operates between Imphal and Aizawl will stop its service from 30th Oct 2016. This discontinue of service between the states came as sad news for the people of the region, at a time when air connectivity is very crucial between the neighbouring states. It is likely to have a severe impact and cause troubles for the people because roadway connection between the two states is extremely inadequate and time consuming due to the difficult terrain.

Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has sent a written appeal to Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Ashok Gajapathi Raju asking the latter intervention so that Air India flight operations may continue its service between the two Northeast states.

Manipur based social organisation in Aizawl also held a meeting on Monday in Aizawl and discussed the stopping of flight connectivity between the states. The meeting agreed to appeal to the authority of Air India to restore air connectivity between the two states at the larger public interest.

Air India operates Imphal to Aizawl sector on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday, and Aizawl to Imphal sector on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays respectively.

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747-237 · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 6:58 pm Post subject:

http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/air-india-express-to-fly-4-times-a-week-from-delhitehran/article9271367.ece

Air India Express to fly 4 times a week from Delhi-Tehran

October 26, 2016

Air India Express plans to fly four times a week from Delhi to Tehran from early next year.

Shyam Sundar. chief executive of the airline, said the flight is expected to be launched in March-April next year.

Shyam Sundar expects the flight to be a success with Iranians keen to travel onwards from Delhi to Goa. Besides the flight will also be popular with Iranian students many of whom study in Pune.

Separately, Air India is expected to write to Exim Bank, US, informing it of Air India's decision to operate the Tehran flight. The AI Express aircraft are financed though a loan from Exim Bank and this is required as Iran was under global sanctions till recently.

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747-237 · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 8:55 pm Post subject:

http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2016/oct/26/express-exclusive-air-india-firms-up-orders-for-10-atr-72-planes-1532073.html

Air India firms up orders for 10 ATR-72 planes

26th October 2016

Air India has firmed up orders for 10 ATR-72, a twin engine turboprop 72-seater plane and has issued a `Letter of Intent’ (LoI, a declaration of the intentions) to the Toulouse- (France) based French-Italian aircraft manufacturer, ATR, as it gears up for the regional connectivity scheme (RCS), launched on October 20.

Air India CMD Ashwani Lohani told The New Indian Express that besides LoI for ATRs, the airline will soon close the deal with the state-owned aircraft manufacturer, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for 10 Dorniers, a-19-seater aircraft.

“We plan to work it out early next year. We are working on it. We have identified few destinations from where we intend to start with the RCS project,” said Lohani.

Alliance Air - the regional arm of Air India and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India -- will fly these planes to smaller towns under the government's RCS project.
The airline plans to fund delivery of these small planes through a mix of special grant and additional budgetary allocations by the central government.

Initially, Air India plans to start flights on RCS routes between 10 to 12 destinations, of which six would be from the five southernly states namely Telangana, A.P. Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, said another Air India official on the condition of anonymity.

A senior civil aviation ministry said Air India would operate small ATRs and Dorniers on some of the RCS routes initially and that would create a demand for air travel on these underserved and unserved air routes. The Dornier 228 aircraft is being used by the Indian Air Force and the Coast Guard and HAL and the manufacturers of these planes, HAL is also exporting it to other countries.
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747-237 · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:00 am Post subject:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Air-India-plane-hit-by-truck-in-Jeddah-grounded/articleshow/55103166.cms

Air India plane hit by truck in Jeddah, grounded

Oct 28, 2016

An Air India jumbo jet was hit by a food catering truck at Jeddah airport on Thursday morning when it was preparing to fly to Mumbai. The Boeing 747 was hit by the truck's high lift when food trays were being loaded on it for the flight to India.

"The aircraft had to be grounded due to the damage. AI sent a Boeing 777 to Jeddah on Thursday afternoon with technical support like structural repair engineers and to fly the passengers of that flight to their destination," said a senior AI official.

The airline will seek compensation from Saudi authorities. In the past few months, AI says it has been witnessing a spurt in ground incidents. The B-747s are maintained by AI mainly for VVIP use and are sent to nearby places when not required by them.
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747-237 · Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 4:55 pm Post subject:

Air India W16 Delhi – London service changes as of 28OCT16

Air India once again is resuming Boeing 777-200LR operation on Delhi – London Heathrow route, effective from 30OCT16.
The 777 aircraft will be operating on AI111/112 service, replacing Boeing 787-8.
Planned schedule for winter season as follow.

AI161 DEL0215 – 0635LHR 788 D
AI111 DEL1445 – 1855LHR 77L D

AI162 LHR0845 – 2235DEL 788 D
AI112 LHR2130 – 1120+1DEL 77L D

Source: Airlineroute.net
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747-237 · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 7:03 pm Post subject:

Air India Nov 2016 Newark service changes

Air India from 30OCT16 to 27NOV16 is temporary adjusting service to Newark, as 2 of 7 weekly flights to be served as Delhi – Mumbai – Newark – Delhi route.

From Newark, service on Wednesdays and Sundays will operate nonstop to Delhi, instead of via Mumbai.

Newark is served by Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.

AI191 DEL2100 – 2310BOM0130+1 – 0715+1EWR 77W D

AI144 EWR1315 – 1345+1DEL 77W 37
AI144 EWR1315 – 1410+1BOM1700+1 – 1900+1DEL 77W x37

Source: Airlineroute.net
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Caliguy · Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 7:08 pm Post subject:

Why is AI doing this (EWR-DEL-BOM)? If its just a tech stop why announce it (just do it like so many airlines do).

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747-237 · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 5:47 pm Post subject:

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ai-mulls-leasing-dorniers-to-boost-regional-services-116110200637_1.html

AI mulls leasing Dorniers to boost regional services

November 2, 2016

Air India is mulling leasing ten Dornier aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd to boost its regional operations as the government looks to make flying more affordable under the ambitious UDAN scheme.

State-owned HAL is already making the Dornier 228 planes under licence from Swiss technology company RUAG for the defence forces and European markets.

To evaluate the feasibility of inducting a new type of jetliner into its fleet, Air India has set up three committees and a final decision on the matter would be taken after receiving reports from the panels, the airline's Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani said.

"We have set up three committees, one each from finance, operations and engineering. These committees will study all aspects of the proposal and any decision (whether to lease or not to lease) will be based on the outcome of their reports," Lohani told PTI here.

However, he did not divulge further details.

Under the ambitious regional air connectivity scheme named UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) launched last month, Civil Aviation Ministry has listed three categories of aircraft -- those having less than 20 seats, 21-80-seaters, and 80 seats or more.

HAL's 19-seater Dornier 228 could be useful for civil operations with certain modifications, an official said.

According to the official, both Air India and HAL are currently in discussions for a possible leasing of 10 such planes for operating flights under UDAN.

"At least 10 Dornier 228 are expected to be inducted on lease," the official said, adding a final decision on the issue would be taken before the end of this fiscal.
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747-237 · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 9:32 am Post subject:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Air-India-MRO-starts-Airbus-maintenance/articleshow/55233381.cms

Air India MRO starts Airbus maintenance

Nov 4, 2016

Air India’s maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) unit at Mihan-SEZ took in the first Airbus A320 aircraft for a maintenance job on Thursday. So far the MRO, which has been built by Boeing and taken over by Air India, was catering to Boeing’s 777 series of planes. It recently got approval from Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) for conducting checks for Airbus 319, 320 and 321 aircraft.

With Nagpur MRO taken over last year, Air India has much spare capacity on its maintenance assets. Following government directions, AI has planned to lease it out to a private player. However, even after extending the dates for receiving offers, it ended up getting only one bid. “This indicates there is not much interest in the market for running the MRO. Air India is confident of undertaking the operations on its own,” said company chairman Ashwani Lohani. He was in the city to attend the function to flag off work on Airbus planes.

It is learnt that the bid received has been marked as KLM on the cover. Since it is a sealed cover, not much could be known about the company. The matter has been put up before the government for taking a further call on the issue. A decision will have to be taken whether to go ahead with opening the single bid or start the process again.

The ministry of civil aviation wants Nagpur facility to grow fast but Air India as a PSU may have its own constraints. A third party investor could give a push to the business, said a source. Under the plan, the MRO will be given on a 30-year lease on a revenue sharing basis. Air India will not provide any captive business to the private player. At present, only in-house planes are being serviced at Nagpur MRO.

Nagpur MRO is the fifth with Air India Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL), the technical arm of the national carrier. Other MRO units are in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram.

Lohani said at present only around 20% of the capacity at Nagpur MRO was being utilized. For the rest, Air India is eyeing external business. AIESL is aiming to raise its turnover from Rs130 crore to Rs200 crore in a year by servicing planes of other airlines. Talks are on with the defence ministry to undertake maintenance of defence aircraft too, he said.

The company has already tied up with Jet Airways and is servicing its planes at Mumbai. A MoU has been signed with SpiceJet and talks were underway with GoAir, he added.
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747-237 · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 9:00 pm Post subject:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/In-a-first-AI-to-have-night-parking-at-Ngp-airport/articleshow/55233815.cms

In a first, Air India to have night parking at Nagpur airport

Nov 4, 2016

Air India is planning to park its aircraft for the night at Nagpur airport. It will begin from May starting with two aircraft, said the PSU's chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) Ashwani Lohani.

This will ensure the first flights will take off from Nagpur. At present, all morning flights come from a different airport to Nagpur and then fly back or go elsewhere, increasing the likelihood of delays. Air India will be the first to avail the night parking facility at Nagpur.
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747-237 · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 5:12 pm Post subject:

http://www.ptinews.com/news/8052936_AI-to-operate-additional-flight-to-Mumbai-on-Nov-10-.html

AI to operate additional flight to Mumbai on Nov 10

Nov 8

Air India has decided to use its empty aircraft returning from necessary checks at MRO facility here, as an additional flight to Mumbai on November 10.

Accordingly, Air India will be operating non-scheduled, revenue flights, from and to Nagpur as and when the aircraft comes for periodical checks to Nagpur MRO.

As announced by Air India CMD Ashwini Lohani recently in Nagpur, an Airbus 320 aircraft after checks at MRO left for Delhi yesterday with passengers.

Due to heavy demand, the Air India will operate an additional non-scheduled commercial flight with B-777 aircraft, AI-1630 Nagpur to Mumbai on November 10 which will depart at 4 PM with very competitive fares of Rs 2,731 onwards for economy class.

Seats are also available in business class and first class at competitive special fares.

The airline already got bookings as soon as the tickets went up for sale, according to a release from Air India, Nagpur, station manager Alice Paul.
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747-237 · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 7:46 am Post subject:

Air India Express has added a new 737-800 to the fleet today, as VT-GHF.
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747-237 · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 8:19 pm Post subject:

Air India Express W16 new service additions

Air India Express in winter 2016/17 season plans to introduce additional frequencies on a number of existing routes, as well as the addition of 5 new routes previously not covered on Airlineroute.
Planned changes, based on the airline’s updated PDF schedule listing, as follow.

Frequency Increase:
Chennai – Singapore eff 20NOV16 Increase from 5 to 7 weekly
Kochi – Muscat eff 30NOV16 Increase from 5 to 6 weekly
Kozhikode – Dammam eff 16FEB17 Increase from 4 to 7 weekly

Route additions, certain routes will be available for reservation at a later date:
Delhi – Dhaka eff 02MAR17 4 weekly
Delhi – Tehran Imam Khomeini eff 01MAR17 3 weekly
Kochi – Dammam eff 01DEC16 3 weekly
Kolkata – Dhaka eff 20NOV16 4 weekly (previously reported)
Kolkata – Singapore eff 20NOV16 4 weekly (previously reported)
Kozhikode – Riyadh eff 02DEC16 4 weekly
Lucknow – Dammam eff 16FEB17 3 weekly

Source: Airlineroute.net
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indopaki · Member Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 479 Location: Pakistan

Why not mainline service to Tehran? shouldnt all regional routes then be AIX exclusively.