Ahmedabad: Bhavnagar is set to be back on the aviation map of India. A week after Jet Airways stopped the operations of only flight from Bhavnagar airport, Air India has decided to start flight on Bhavnagar-Mumbai route from mid-April.
"The flight will operate four days a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The national carrier will deploy ATR-72 aircraft on the route which has maximum capacity of 70 passengers," said an Air India official.
The flight will take-off from Mumbai at 5.30pm and land at Bhavnagar at 6.45pm. In return, the flight will depart from Bhavnagar at 7.15pm and arrive at Mumbai at 8.30pm.
The date for beginning the operations will be finalized soon.
Sudha Murali, airport director, Bhavnagar said, "The officials of Air India visited the airport on Tuesday and carried out a feasibility survey."
07/04/16 Piyush Mishra/Times of India
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"The flight will operate four days a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The national carrier will deploy ATR-72 aircraft on the route which has maximum capacity of 70 passengers," said an Air India official.
The flight will take-off from Mumbai at 5.30pm and land at Bhavnagar at 6.45pm. In return, the flight will depart from Bhavnagar at 7.15pm and arrive at Mumbai at 8.30pm.
The date for beginning the operations will be finalized soon.
Sudha Murali, airport director, Bhavnagar said, "The officials of Air India visited the airport on Tuesday and carried out a feasibility survey."
07/04/16 Piyush Mishra/Times of India
