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`Air Sahara to increase presence in South'

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New Delhi Feb. 27 Air Sahara is to increase its presence in south India from March this year, the airline President, Mr Alok Sharma, said here on Tuesday.

"We will be adding Coimbatore on to the route map. Not only will the airline be extending the daily Delhi-Bangalore flight to Coimbatore, but it will also operate a daily flight from Bangalore. In addition, the airline will operate two new daily flights from Delhi to Kochi.

"While one flight will operate through Bangalore, the other flight will be go through Hyderabad," Mr Sharma said. The new flights are to be operated from March 10.

In addition, the airline has also started new flights on the Hyderabad-Pune and Nagpur-Pune sectors.

Air Sahara has also announced the start of two new daily flights between Delhi-Male and Thiruvananthapuram-Male from March 10. The airline has announced a change in the daily Delhi-Singapore flight that would now operate on the Delhi-Kuala Lumpur-Singapore sector. Kuala Lumpur would be the fifth international destination of the airline.

The airline has also received permission from the Government to operate a daily flight to Bangkok and Bishkek. "We will look to operate the Bishkek flight from next winter," Mr Sharma said.

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