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Air India Express: Air India Express to have Ayodhya flights from Bengaluru & Kolkata from January 17
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Air India Express: Air India Express to have Ayodhya flights from Bengaluru & Kolkata from January 17

NEW DELHI: With a grand Ram temple to open on January 22, airlines are fast mounting capacity to Ayodhya from different cities. Air India Express will, from January 17, have daily flights from Bengaluru and Kolkata to Maharishi Valmiki International Airport Ayodhya Dham which Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate on Saturday (December 30). Regular flights will begin starting January 6 with IndiGo and Air India Express — both of which will be operating an inaugural flight each from Delhi on December 30 — so far announcing direct flights from Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru.IndiGo regular flights from Delhi start January 6; from Ahmedabad January 11 and Mumbai Jan 15. AI Express daily Delhi-Ayodhya start January 16; Bengaluru and Kolkata from January 17. Given the huge demand ...
Air India Express will focus on routes with price-sensitive customers: MD
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Air India Express will focus on routes with price-sensitive customers: MD

Air India's low-cost subsidiary Air India Express will focus on routes which have a higher component of price-sensitive customers and leisure travellers, airline's Managing Director Aloke Singh has said. Singh also said that Air India Express is not looking at spreading its capacity all over the country in the beginning and instead will first consolidate its presence on the existing routes. A subsidiary of Air India, Air India Express is in the process of merging low-cost domestic carrier AirAsia India with itself, and last week unveiled its new brand identity. Air India Group, comprising Air India, Air India Express, AIX Connect and Vistara, is owned by the Tatas, which is also in the process of consolidating its airline business. As part of it, Vistara...