The Hindu Business Line : Air India launches direct Dubai-Pune service

The new flight, AI-719-718, will be operated on the Mumbai-Pune-Dubai-Pune-Mumbai route with 201-seater Airbus 310 aircraft on thrice-a-week basis - on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.

The flight will depart from Pune at 3.15 p.m, arriving in Dubai at 4.55 p.m, and on the return , it will depart from Dubai at 6 p.m and reach Pune at 10.25 p.m, an Air India statement said here.

The statement said commencement of international operations from Pune will obviate the need of the people of Pune and neighbouring areas to travel to Mumbai for taking an international flight to Dubai. Passengers boarding or deplaning in Pune will be able to complete their immigration and customs formalities at city airport, both at the time of departure and arrival.

Augmentation of fleet through dry-leasing, pending acquisition of aircraft, has enabled Air India to gradually expand its network. As against 25 weekly flights from India to Dubai prior to April 2003, there are now 42 weekly services.

While Air India operates 28 flights to Dubai from Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Lucknow and Thiruvananthapuram, daily services to Dubai from Kochi and Kozhikode are operated by Air India Express.

With the introduction of the new service, Pune will become Air India's 14th online station in India.

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