Air India launches two new routes from Bhopal to Pune and Hyderabad
Air India is all set to give more wings to its ‘Connect India’ programme by launching its services on two new routes; Air India’s wholly owned subsidiary, Alliance Air will start flights on Bhopal-Jabalpur-Hyderabad and Bhopal-Raipur-Pune sectors from 23rd May 2016. These services will fulfill a long standing demand of the students’ community, IT, Industrial and defence sectors. Alliance Air will operate a 72 seater ATR aircraft on these routes thus giving connectivity to smaller destinations within the country under the Government’s scheme of connecting all cities in India.
The commencement of these routes shall connect Bhopal with Hyderabad, the capital of Southern state of Telangana and Pune, the cultural capital of Maharashtra for the first time. Alliance Air currently operates flights to 31 domestic destinations, a number which will increase to 34 destinations after the launch of these flights.
Flight AI 9863 on Bhopal-Jabalpur-Hyderabad shall operate four days a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The flight will take-off from Bhopal at 0845 hrs. and reach Jabalpur at 0950 hrs. The flight will take-off from Jabalpur at 1020 hrs. for its onward journey and will reach Hyderabad at 1220 hrs. The return flight AI 9864 will take-off from Hyderabad at 1250 hrs and will reach Jabalpur at 1450 hrs. The flight will leave Jabalpur at 1450 hrs and will touch down at Bhopal at 1625 hrs.
Alliance Air will commence another direct flight AI 9867/9868 between Bhopal and Jabalpur from 16th June 2016. The flight will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays thereby making the operation on this route. A daily one.
The flight AI 9865 on the second route - Bhopal-Raipur-Pune - will take off from Bhopal at 0845 hrs. and reach Raipur at 1015 hrs. The flight will leave Raipur at 1045 hrs and will reach Pune at 1300 hrs. The return flight AI 9866 will leave Pune at 1330 hrs. and reach Raipur at 1545 hrs., depart Raipur at 1615 hrs. and will touch down at Bhopal at 1745 hrs. This flight shall operate thrice a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
With aircraft based in Bhopal, this will give a much required impetus and connectivity for and from the state.
