IndiGo began its Delhi-Mangalore-Delhi direct flight service on July 1. Its Airbus A320 aircraft landed in Mangalore with 77 passengers while the flight returned to Delhi with 140 passengers. Flight 6E 2164 leaves Delhi at 7.40 a.m. and arrives in Mangalore at 10.15 a.m. Flight 6E 2165 will leave Mangalore at 10.45 a.m. and reaches Delhi at 1.20 p.m. Flight 6E 2164/6E 2165 will operate on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

IndiGo also operates a transit flight 6E 671/6E 6431 from Delhi to Mangalore via Pune on these days. The transit flight 6E 671 leaves Delhi at 9.05 p.m. and reaches Pune two hours later. It departs Pune at 11.45 p.m. to reach Mangalore at 1.05 a.m. The return flight 6E 6431 leaves MIA at 2.45 a.m. to reach Pune at 4.20 a.m. This flight in turn leaves Pune at 4.55 a.m. and reaches Delhi two hours later. Both the direct and transit flight offer their own advantages to passengers depending on their convenience.

IndiGo also has plans to start flights using ATR aircraft to Chennai (morning), Kochi, and Tirupati from Mangalore.