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Direct flights of Air India Express between Varanasi and Sharjah inaugurated

| | Aug 18, 2015, at 12:48 am
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Culture (Independent Charge) and Tourism (Independent Charge) Mahesh Sharma on Monday jointly inaugurated direct flight of Air India’s budget arm, Air India Express, between Varanasi and Sharjah.

The Varanasi-Sharjah flight, IX 183, took off from Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport with 170 passengers.

"Air India Express has deployed a 186-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft which will depart from Varanasi thrice a week at 1700 hours and arrive Sharjah at 1930 hours. On the return leg flight IX 184 will depart from Sharjah at 1050 hours and will arrive in Varanasi at 1600 hours," read a government statement.

The non-stop flight will operate on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, fulfilling a long-standing need of passengers of the areas, in and around Varanasi.

"Air India also introduced from today a hub and spoke service from Varanasi, which will offer convenient links to many international destinations, by connecting the passengers to/from Air India flights in Delhi," the statement said.

With the newly introduced hub and spoke service, Air India will offer convenient links to many international destinations in the Gulf countries, Jeddah, Moscow, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong by connecting the passengers to/from Air India flights.

The new hub and spoke flight, AI 039, will leave Delhi at 1035 hrs and reach Varanasi at 1145 hours. The corresponding incoming flight AI 049, from Varanasi will reach Delhi at 1720 hours after taking off at 1550 hours from Varanasi.

Speaking on the occasion, Ashok Gajapathi Raju said that the new flight will improve the air connectivity.

He also said that if Uttar Pradesh becomes more civil aviation friendly, connectivity will go up easily.

He also emphasized upon the need of establishing training centers to improve the skills for aviation sector.

At the inauguration ceremony, Mahesh Sharma said that Varanasi is an important destination for tourism particularly religious tourism.
 

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