Road to Saptasrungi Devi near Nashik

Mountain of Saptasrungi Devi at Vani

AirAsia plans Kuala Lumpur – Bhubaneswar service from April 2017

AirAsia from late-April 2017 plans to introduce new route to India, where the airline filed operational schedule for Kuala Lumpur – Bhubaneswar route. Preliminary schedule based on the week of 19FEB17’s OAG Schedules Analyser shows the airline intends to operate 4 weekly flights, effective 26APR17.

Reservation is currently not available.

AK031 KUL2210 – 2325BBI 320 x246
AK030 BBI2355 – 0620+1KUL 320 x246

United adds 777-300ER Tel Aviv service from May 2017

United Airlines during the weekend of 24FEB17’s schedule update filed its second long-haul route to be operated by the new Boeing 777-300ER. From 05MAY17, 1 of 2 daily Newark – Tel Aviv flight will be operated by -300ER, instead of -200ER.

UA084 EWR1640 – 1015+1TLV 777 D
UA090 EWR2245 – 1620+1TLV 77W D

UA085 TLV1215 – 1710EWR 777 D
UA091 TLV2310 – 0415+1EWR 77W D

UA090/091 by 777-300ER is subject to government approval.

flynas expands Etihad codeshare service to India from Feb 2017

flynas earlier this week expanded codeshare partnership with ETIHAD, as XY-coded flight numbers being placed on ETIHAD operating service to India. From 20FEB17, planned new codeshare routes as follow.

flynas operated by ETIHAD
Abu Dhabi – Bangalore
Abu Dhabi – Chennai 
Abu Dhabi – Delhi
Abu Dhabi – Hyderabad 
Abu Dhabi – Kochi 
Abu Dhabi – Kozhikode 
Abu Dhabi – Mumbai

flydubai resumes Sylhet route from March 2017

flydubai starting next month is once again expands service to Bangladesh, as the airline resumes Dubai – Sylhet service. First flight is scheduled on 15MAR17. Initially service will see 4 weekly flights, increasing to 6 from 16MAY17. The following schedule is effective 16MAY17.

FZ595 DXB0950 – 1700ZYL 73H x4
FZ596 ZYL1800 – 2135DXB 73H x4

IndiGo schedules new Middle East routes in Mar/Apr 2017

Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo is planning to expand Middle East service in March and April 2017, including service to Muscat and Sharjah. Planned schedule, to be served one daily each, as follow.

eff 20MAR17 Kozhikode – Sharjah
6E1403 CCJ0605 – 0820SHJ 320 D
6E1404 SHJ0920 – 1430CCJ 320 D

eff 20MAR17 Kozhikode – Muscat
6E1303 CCJ1825 – 2015MCT 320 D
6E1304 MCT2115 – 0215+1CCJ 320 D

eff 08APR17 Thiruvananthapuram – Sharjah
6E1401 TRV2220 – 0100+1SHJ 320 D
6E1402 SHJ0200 – 0735TRV 320 D

AirAsia India adds new domestic routes in Feb 2017

AirAsia India later this month will introduce 3 new domestic service, linking Delhi with Bagdogra, Pune and Srinagar. The airline will operate 1 daily flight each, starting 19FEB17.

Delhi – Bagdogra
I5769 DEL1205 – 1410IXB 320 D
I5768 IXB1440 – 1655DEL 320 D

Delhi – Pune
I5731 DEL1530 – 1735PNQ 320 D
I5732 PNQ1800 – 2025DEL 320 D

Delhi – Srinagar
I5715 DEL0750 – 0930SXR 320 D
I5716 SXR1000 – 1135DEL 320 D