International flights to land thrice a week at Mangalore

Mangalore: The dream of watching an international plane land at Bajpe airport in Mangalore has come true with Air India Express deciding to have three flight between Mangalore and Gulf (Dubai) in a week from Oct 3.
Though the official site of Air India put that the international flight will start from Oct 2, sources said that the State Union Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel may not be able to attend the landing thus scheduling the inauguration the next day.
Oct 1 also marks the beginning of the winter schedule. Though usually the service begins on Monday, this time it will be Tuesday evening when the flight will land in Mangalore.
The Boeing 737-800 of the Air India Express will land at 7 pm on every Monday, Thursday and Saturday. The flight will stay for about two hours and then move back at 9 pm. The cost of ticket is estimated to be around Rs 7,000 as it is the flight to Gulf.
17/09/06 Udayavani/Bellevision

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