Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Air India resumes Delhi-Moscow flights after 15 years

Mumbai: Air India Ltd. has restarted non-stop operations between Delhi and Moscow, Russia after a gap of 15 year, with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The national carrier is currently offering promotional fares on this route in both directions, as per a release. The service on the Delhi-Moscow route was suspended 15 years ago due to operational reasons.

The service on the Delhi-Moscow-Delhi sector will be available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Flight AI-155 will leave Delhi at 0155 hrs to arrive in Moscow at 0615 hrs, while the return flight will leave Moscow at 0820 hrs as AI-154 and reach Delhi at 1530 hrs.

To mark the resumption of services, a function was held at Domodedovo International Airport (DME), Moscow, which was attended by the members of the Federal Assembly of Russia, State Duma; Dorokhin Pavel Viktor, Deputy Chairman, State Duma’s Committee on Industry; H E P S Raghavan, the Ambassador of India to the Russia Federation; and the Director of DME Airport Authority, among others.
22/07/14 TYravelBizMonitor
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