Air India Express starts Dhaka-Kolkata flights
FE Report | Monday, 21 July 2008
The government-owned Air India's subsidiary carrier Air India Express started Dhaka-Kolkata flights from Sunday offering attractive economy fares to the passengers.
The inaugural flight to Kolkata departed Zia International Airport at 5.50 am Sunday. Acting High commissioner of India Mukta D Tomar, National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL) Executive Director (East) S Mahadevan, Air India Express Country Manager (Bangladesh) SR Premkumar, high officials of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) and Biman Bangladesh Airlines along with other dignitaries were present at the inaugural ceremony organised in this connection at Zia International Airport.
From now on Air India Express will operate six flights on Dhaka-Kolkata route and one Dhaka-Mumbai flight every week with Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Three of the Dhaka-Kolkata flights, after a short stopover at Kolkata, will fly to Bangkok and similarly the remaining three flights to Singapore without changing the aircraft. Returnee passengers will have the convenient connections to Dhaka as well.
Beside lower fares, an important feature of Air India Express is the internet based reservation system. Interested persons may visit www.airindiaexpress.in for reservation and information. This system is very customer-friendly and passengers can make reservations from home, offices or through appointed travel agents. Passengers have access to fares and availability of seats, which makes it an extremely transparent system.
In keeping with its objective to provide convenient connectivity on the short haul routes as affordable prices, Air India Express fleet has a single economy class configuration.
The inaugural flight to Kolkata departed Zia International Airport at 5.50 am Sunday. Acting High commissioner of India Mukta D Tomar, National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL) Executive Director (East) S Mahadevan, Air India Express Country Manager (Bangladesh) SR Premkumar, high officials of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) and Biman Bangladesh Airlines along with other dignitaries were present at the inaugural ceremony organised in this connection at Zia International Airport.
From now on Air India Express will operate six flights on Dhaka-Kolkata route and one Dhaka-Mumbai flight every week with Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Three of the Dhaka-Kolkata flights, after a short stopover at Kolkata, will fly to Bangkok and similarly the remaining three flights to Singapore without changing the aircraft. Returnee passengers will have the convenient connections to Dhaka as well.
Beside lower fares, an important feature of Air India Express is the internet based reservation system. Interested persons may visit www.airindiaexpress.in for reservation and information. This system is very customer-friendly and passengers can make reservations from home, offices or through appointed travel agents. Passengers have access to fares and availability of seats, which makes it an extremely transparent system.
In keeping with its objective to provide convenient connectivity on the short haul routes as affordable prices, Air India Express fleet has a single economy class configuration.