PUNE: Soon, Pune residents will be capable of fly to a new global vacation spot — Male within the Maldives.
A source mentioned cheap carrier IndiGo will be starting this flight by the end of March. The source added that it will not be an instantaneous flight. It will halt at Bengaluru.
This will be Indigo’s first global flight from Pune. “The 10-hour flight is anticipated to start from March 25. While precise details aren’t recognized but, it will be an early morning flight — with a 5am take-off,” a Pune airport respectable mentioned.
“IndiGo were looking to start a global connection from Pune for a very long time. A flight to Dubai used to be almost finalized final yr, however things fell via,” the respectable mentioned.
At present, there are four direct flights to global destinations from Pune. These include two to Dubai (Air India and SpiceJet), one to Abu Dhabi (Jet Airways) and one to Singapore (Jet Airways).
Vistara, which has got 3 flights from Pune to Delhi has signed a code-share agreement with British Airways and Japan Airlines, giving Pune flyers extra options. Similarly, the Jet Airways flight to Singapore has opened get entry to to many nations within the east with its code-share agreements.
Senior airport officers had said final yr that another flight, from Pune to Bangkok, can be added in the summer agenda. However, there was no phrase on this since. Further, Dubai-based cheap carrier Flydubai, headquartered at terminal-2 of the Dubai global airport, had also expressed interest in an instantaneous flight.
“There is a large number of possible for global flights from Pune, as folks here travel a lot. However, one needs a better airport and a bigger runway in order that the wide-bodied plane can land and take off from here. Once this happens, extra flights will come,” another respectable mentioned.
A source mentioned cheap carrier IndiGo will be starting this flight by the end of March. The source added that it will not be an instantaneous flight. It will halt at Bengaluru.
This will be Indigo’s first global flight from Pune. “The 10-hour flight is anticipated to start from March 25. While precise details aren’t recognized but, it will be an early morning flight — with a 5am take-off,” a Pune airport respectable mentioned.
“IndiGo were looking to start a global connection from Pune for a very long time. A flight to Dubai used to be almost finalized final yr, however things fell via,” the respectable mentioned.
At present, there are four direct flights to global destinations from Pune. These include two to Dubai (Air India and SpiceJet), one to Abu Dhabi (Jet Airways) and one to Singapore (Jet Airways).
Vistara, which has got 3 flights from Pune to Delhi has signed a code-share agreement with British Airways and Japan Airlines, giving Pune flyers extra options. Similarly, the Jet Airways flight to Singapore has opened get entry to to many nations within the east with its code-share agreements.
Senior airport officers had said final yr that another flight, from Pune to Bangkok, can be added in the summer agenda. However, there was no phrase on this since. Further, Dubai-based cheap carrier Flydubai, headquartered at terminal-2 of the Dubai global airport, had also expressed interest in an instantaneous flight.
“There is a large number of possible for global flights from Pune, as folks here travel a lot. However, one needs a better airport and a bigger runway in order that the wide-bodied plane can land and take off from here. Once this happens, extra flights will come,” another respectable mentioned.
IndiGo to start flight from Pune to Maldives
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