Air India to launch Colombo-Mumbai flight in Sept.; resumes second daily service from Delhi

Air India has announced the launch of Mumbai-Colombo from September and will resume its second daily flight to Colombo from New Delhi. 

For business travellers to New Delhi, the second frequency enables them greater flexibility in their business schedules.

“These flights also will now offer a spectrum of both International and Domestic flight connections to many destinations via New Delhi and Mumbai. 

Air India passengers with onward travel from Delhi or Mumbai can experience the comfort of flying on Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Europe and Boeing 777 to America,” a spokesman for Indu Sky Aviation Ltd., the General Sales Agent for Air India, said.

Air India will also commence Delhi-Toronto flights on the occasion of World Tourism Day on 27 September.

Additional frequencies also being introduced with effect from 19 September from Delhi to Seoul and Mumbai to Hong Kong.

The following new and additional connections are introduced for the Domestic network: From Delhi to Indore, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Bagdogra, Amritsar, Bhopal and Raipur and from Chennai to Bangalore, Ahmadabad, Varanasi, Kolkata, Vizag and from Mumbai to Delhi, Bangalore.

Air India said after a five-month hiatus, the Pakistan airspace is once more open for commercial aviation and all affinity flights of Air India to London, Birmingham, Paris, Milan, Rome, Frankfurt, Madrid, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, and Vienna are now just one hour to 90 minutes connecting time via the Delhi hub, with no longer layovers.

Air India pioneered India’s aviation sector and its history is synonymous with the history of civil aviation in India. Air India embodies the spirit of India by extending warm hospitality and the urge to satisfy its guests, an inherent characteristic of the country’s culture. 

Since the first flight on 15 October 1932, Air India has grown to become a mega international airline with a network of 46 international destinations across the USA, Europe, Far-East, South-East Asia, Australia and the Gulf. The airline also has an extensive domestic network of 80 destinations, including all State capitals and far-flung areas of India’s North-East, Ladakh, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The airline also provides ground handling and engineering and maintenance services, as well as low-cost travel options. 

Air India, together with its subsidiaries, today flies one of the youngest, state-of-the-art fleet of aircraft comprising a mix of the wide-body Boeing B787 Dreamliner, B777s, B747s and the narrow body Airbus A321s, A320s, A319s, B737s and ATRs. Air India has been a member of Star Alliance, the largest global airline alliance, since July 2014. 

The Star Alliance network was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer worldwide reach, recognition and seamless service to the international traveler. Its acceptance by the market has been recognised by numerous awards, including the Air Transport World Market Leadership Award and Best Airline Alliance by both Business Traveler Magazine and Skytrax. 

The member airlines are: Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Avianca, Avianca Brazil, Brussels Airlines, Copa Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, SWISS, TAP Air Portugal, THAI, Turkish Airlines and United. Overall, the Star Alliance network currently offers more than 19,000 daily flights to over 1,300 airports in 194 countries. Further connecting flights are offered by Star Alliance connecting partner, Juneyao Airlines.