In a momentous event, Air India Express marked the inauguration of the Maharishi Valmiki Worldwide Airport Ayodhya Dham by launching its maiden flight from Ayodhya to Delhi on December 30, 2023. The inaugural flight, IX 1769, took off at 17:23 hours, making Ayodhya the airline’s forty fifth vacation spot and its third station in Uttar Pradesh, following Lucknow and Varanasi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the brand new Ayodhya Worldwide Airport, and Air India Categorical was an integral a part of this historic day. Aloke Singh, Managing Director of Air India Categorical, introduced the primary boarding move of the flight to the company on the Ayodhya airport, marking a big milestone.
Singh expressed satisfaction in straight connecting Ayodhya to main metropolitan cities akin to Delhi, Bengaluru, and Kolkata proper from the graduation of operations on the airport. These cities, being important hubs on the airline’s community, provide handy one-stop itineraries for pilgrims and vacationers from the Northern, Southern, and Jap elements of India to succeed in Ayodhya.
The Ayodhya to Delhi route will probably be served every day, whereas flights to Bengaluru and Kolkata will function on a tri-weekly foundation. Passengers could make bookings by means of the airline’s award-winning app and web site, airindiaexpress.com, together with different main reserving platforms.
Air India Categorical already operates each worldwide and home companies from Uttar Pradesh. The airline has a weekly schedule of 21 flights connecting the sacred metropolis of Varanasi to Bengaluru and Sharjah. Moreover, with 60 weekly flights from Lucknow, Air India Categorical hyperlinks the capital metropolis to Dubai and different outstanding Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Pune.In a bid to reinforce buyer expertise, Air India Express not too long ago launched the Vista VIP, a enterprise class-like product that includes wider seats, elevated legroom, Gourmair sizzling meals, extra baggage allowance, and Xpress forward precedence boarding companies. Furthermore, the airline made historical past by turning into the primary to function a direct flight from Surat to Dubai on the identical day the Surat Worldwide Airport inaugurated its new worldwide terminal.