Mangalore International Airport Will Operate More International Flights to Abu Dhabi: Click For Details

Mangalore International Airport Will Operate More International Flights to Abu Dhabi: Click For Details

Mangalore International Airport will see an increase in flights in the international sector, making connectivity with the Middle East more convenient.

While Air India Express added a weekly flight to Jeddah at the start of the summer schedule on April 3, the airline will increase the frequency of its flights to Abu Dhabi to daily from July 22. Flight IX 819 will depart for Abu Dhabi at 8.15 p.m. on July 22 while the pairing incoming flight IX 820 will arrive at 5.20 a.m. The new service departs Mangaluru on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Air India Express operates to Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Damman, Doha, Jeddah, Kuwait and Muscat from MIA, said a release from the airport.

IndiGo will start a daily flight to Abu Dhabi from August 9. The airline hitherto operated to Dubai as its sole international destination with four weekly flights from Mangalore. Flight 6E 1443 will arrive from Abu Dhabi at 4 p.m. and return to Abu Dhabi as flight 6E 1442 at 9.40 p.m. This will increase weekly flights to Abu Dhabi from the current four to 14. In the domestic sector, Air India Express will introduce a flight to Bengaluru on July 22. Flight IX 1789 reaches Mangalore at 6.45 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and departs as flight IX 1780 at 7.05 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.