Air India launches two new routes from Bhopal
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Air India is all set to give more wings to its ‘Connect India’ programme by launching its services on the two new routes. Air India’s wholly owned subsidiary, Alliance Air will start flights on Bhopal-Jabalpur-Hyderabad and Bhopal-Raipur-Pune sectors from May 23, 2016. These services will fulfil a long standing demand of the students’ community, IT, Industrial and defence sectors. Alliance Air will operate a 72 seater ATR aircraft on these routes thus giving connectivity to smaller destinations within the country under the Government’s scheme of connecting all cities in India.
The commencement of these routes shall connect Bhopal with Hyderabad, the capital of Southern state of Telangana and Pune, the cultural capital of Maharashtra for the first time. Alliance Air currently operates flights to 31 domestic destinations, a number which will increase to 34 destinations after the launch of these flights.
Flight AI 9863 on Bhopal-Jabalpur-Hyderabad shall operate four days a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Alliance Air will commence another direct flight AI 9867/9868 between Bhopal and Jabalpur from June 16, 2016. The flight will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The flight AI 9865 on the second route - Bhopal-Raipur-Pune - will operate thrice a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.