By IANS
Jaipur : The Air India Express will begin its flights to Dubai from here Sunday, making Jaipur the 11th Indian city for the airline to have direct flights to the Gulf.
The flights will be on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
The airliner will also commence its flights from Lucknow to Dubai on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, making it the 12th city to have flights to the Gulf.
The flights from these two cities have been included in the airline’s new winter schedule effective Oct 28, an official release said Saturday.
With the introduction of the new flights, Air India Express will now operate 46 flights a week to Dubai from 12 Indian destinations – Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Mangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Trichy, Amritsar, Nagpur, New Delhi, Jaipur and Lucknow.
The airline commenced its operations in April 2005 with three leased B737-800 aircraft. Today it owns 10 B737-800 aircraft and has seven leased ones.
Air India Express also offers international flights to Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Muscat, Salalah in UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Doha, Singapore and Colombo.