According to a report by Pramod kumar Vaidyav in The New Indian Express, it is almost certain that Air India will operate a flight between Hubballi and Bengaluru from July 20. The flight is scheduled to land at Hubballi airport at 5.05 pm and fly back to Bengaluru at 5.25 pm. Confirming the development, Prahlad Joshi, MP, Dharwad, said the top management of both Air India (AI) and the Airport Authority of India (AAI) have met over the issue after he brought it up with Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Government of India. Currently Air Pegasus is operating two flights daily between Bengaluru and Hubballi. Besides Bengaluru, AAI officials note that there is a large demand for air travel to Mumbai as many business houses which operate from Hubballi have connections in Mumbai, Surat and Ahmedabad. Joshi said that the earlier plans of Air India to operate a Hubballi-Mumbai flight was not realised due to non availability of slot at the Mumbai Airport. Even GVK management which is in charge of operations at Mumbai airport, has reiterated about congestion in the airport.
28/06/16 TravelBizMonitor
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28/06/16 TravelBizMonitor
