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Indian Airlines to resume direct flights from Dubai to Goa soon
Direct flights to the western Indian state of Goa will resume within a week, said a senior Indian Airlines official on Tuesday.
- By Sunita Menon, Staff Reporter
- Published: 16:26 May 6, 2008
Dubai: Direct flights to the western Indian state of Goa will resume within a week, said a senior Indian Airlines official on Tuesday.
Anand Pandey, country manager of Indian Airlines, said direct flights would operate from Dubai to Goa, instead of Sharjah. Flights will operate twice a week, every Thursday and Saturday.
Indian Airlines has stopped all direct flights to Goa from the UAE in April due to lack of traffic.
The airlines used to operate two direct flights to Goa in a week.
Indian Airlines or Indian as it was later renamed merged with Air India in 2007 and operated a twice-weekly flight to Goa until March 30.
Last December, Air India completely stopped its once-a-week Kuwait-Dubai-Goa flight.
"We were receiving a lot of requests from Goan expatriates. We pressed our headquarters to resume the flight and our request was granted," said Pandey.
More than 50,000 Goans live in the UAE.
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