• Temporary additional flights to Kolkata from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad

BENGALURU, 22 August 2024: Air India, India’s leading global airline, today announced it will temporarily operate additional flights to Kolkata from four Indian cities to meet greater travel demand to the city during the upcoming Durga Puja festivities.

Starting 20 September 2024, Air India will operate daily, non-stop flights to Kolkata from Bengaluru and Hyderabad for nearly a month.

The airline has also increased frequency to Kolkata from Delhi effective 15 August 2024, and from Mumbai effective 25 September 2024. 

With these additions, Air India will increase frequency on the Delhi-Kolkata route from 28x weekly to 35x weekly flights, and on the Mumbai-Kolkata route from 21x weekly to 28x weekly.

The added flights will operate at convenient times, providing greater choice and ease to travellers who plan to visit their loved ones during the joyous festive season. Air India’s flights to/from Kolkata are also conveniently timed to enable seamless connections via its Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru hubs to/from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, as well as several countries in Europe and Southeast Asia.

SCHEDULE OF NEW FLIGHTS TO/FROM KOLKATA
Flight #	Sector	Days of Operation	Departure	Arrival	Effective Date	Discontinue Date
AI702	Delhi-Kolkata	Daily	0220 Hrs	0435 Hrs	15-Aug-24	26-Oct-24
AI703	Kolkata-Delhi	Daily	0525 Hrs	0745 Hrs	15-Aug-24	26-Oct-24
AI689	Mumbai-Kolkata	Daily	1210 Hrs	1455 Hrs	25-Sept-24	13-Oct-24
AI690	Kolkata-Mumbai	Daily	1540 Hrs	1835 Hrs	25-Sept-24	13-Oct-24
AI524	Bengaluru-Kolkata	Daily	1210* Hrs	1435 Hrs	20-Sept-24	26-Oct-24
AI526	Kolkata-Bengaluru	Daily	1740 Hrs	1950 Hrs	20-Sept-24	26-Oct-24
AI529	Hyderabad-Kolkata	Daily	2030 Hrs	2240 Hrs	20-Sept-24	26-Oct-24
AI530	Kolkata-Hyderabad	Daily	1515 Hrs	1740 Hrs	20-Sept-24	26-Oct-24

*Scheduled time of departure on Sundays is 1155 Hrs

Bookings for the new flights are being progressively opened on all channels, including Air India’s website, mobile app, and through travel agents.

About Air India

Founded by the legendary JRD Tata, Air India pioneered India’s aviation sector. Since its first flight on October 15, 1932, Air India has built an extensive domestic network with non-stop flights to cities around the world, across the USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Far-East, South-East Asia, Australia, and the Gulf. After 69 years as a government-owned enterprise, Air India and Air India Express were welcomed back into the Tata group in January 2022.

Air India is navigating through a major five-year transformation roadmap under the aegis of Vihaan.AI, with an ambition to become a world class airline with an Indian heart. The first phase of this transformation, the taxi phase was recently concluded, and focused on fixing the basics. These included bringing back to service many long grounded aircraft, addition of talent across flying and ground functions, rapid upgradation of technology and strengthening of customer care initiatives amongst others.

A member of Star Alliance, the largest global airline consortium of leading international airlines, Air India offers seamless connectivity and facilities to passengers all over the world.

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