Air India Express to start flights to Mangalore

Dubai: No-frills airline Air India Express said it would launch service from Abu Dhabi to Mangalore from Thursday.

The twice-weekly flights will depart Thursdays at 4:10pm. with a stopover in Muscat, and non-stop service on Saturdays leaving at 5:30pm. Non-stop service from Mangalore back to Abu Dhabi will also leave on Thursday and Saturday at 2:05am.

Air India Express, which flies 13 times a week from Abu Dhabi to four Indian cities - Kochi, Kozhi-kode, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangalore - will also increase the frequency of its flights to Cochin.

From Abu Dhabi, Air India Express will be adding two flights operating on Fridays and Sundays, leaving Abu Dhabi at 2:50am and arriving in Cochin at 9:25am.