Air India Express commence flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Kuwait

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Jan 24, 2009
Ram Parkaash Murli

Air-India Express, a low-cost airline-subsidiary of Air India, launch flight operations from Thiruvananthapuram to Kuwait from January 24, 2009.

Every Saturday, it depart from Thiruvananthapuram at 8.15 p.m. and reach Kuwait at 11.05 Kuwait local time. From Kuwait, it will depart at 00.30 on Sundays to reach Thiruvananthapuram at 7.50 a.m

The chief guest for the inaugural function at the airport was State Law Minister M. Vijayakumar

Air-India Express's main base is Cochin International Airport, Kochi, with a hub at Trivandrum International Airport, Thiruvananthapuram.

Air-India Express offers flights to major international destinations within a distance of around 4 hrs from different cities in India. Most of the flights are quick-turn-around flights with a ground time of around 1-hour at the destinations.

Currently Air India Express flies to 10 international destinations– Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Muscat, Salalah, Singapore, Bahrain, Doha, and Columbo from 9 Indian cities – Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthpuram, Mumbai, Delhi, Amritsar, Chennai, Mangalore and Tiruchirapally.

On the domestic front, Air India Express operate on Mumbai-Kochi, Mumbai-Kozhikode, Mumbai-Delhi, Mumbai-Chennai, Delhi-Amritsar, Kozhikode-Kochi, Kozhikode Thiruvananthpuram and Kochi-Thiruvananthpuram sectors.