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As of December 2024, Air India Express serves 50 destinations — 34 in India and 16 international destinations. [1] [2]The state with the most destinations is Kerala with 4, followed by Tamil Nadu & Uttar Pradesh with 3 destinations each.
Air India Express came into existence on 29 April 2005, with the launch of three flights that took off simultaneously from Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode.The airline was launched as a low-cost carrier with the objective of providing convenient connectivity to short-haul international routes in the Middle East and Southeast Asia for the Indian expatriate community.
Air India commenced operations on 29 July 1946, operating under the Government of India. On 8 June 1948, a Lockheed Constellation L-749A named Malabar Princess operated the airline's first international flight between Mumbai and London Heathrow. [2] As of December 2024, Air India serves a total of 43 international and 49 domestic destinations. [3]
Dozens of cabin crew at Air India Express called in sick earlier this week, forcing the budget carrier to cancel 85 flights since Tuesday evening and disrupting the travel plans of thousands of ...
On 30 July 2005, Air India Flight 127, a Boeing 747-400 (registered as VT-EVJ) on lease from Korean Air, flying from HAL Airport in Bengaluru to Chicago with stops at Mumbai and Frankfurt, skidded while landing at Mumbai on the wet runway 14/32 due to hydroplaning, and damaged the nose wheel landing gear after hitting a few runway lights. While ...
The first trial passenger flight operation was conducted on 20 September 2018, using a Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Air India Express. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] On the inaugural day, 9 December 2018, an Air India Express flight IX 715 ( Boeing 737-800 ) took off to Abu Dhabi at 10:13 (IST), becoming the first commercial passenger aircraft to depart from ...
On 4 September 2017, Air India Express Flight IX 452, a Boeing 737-800 which arrived from Abu Dhabi, got stuck in the drain canal while taxiing to the international terminal 3 after landing. Passengers and crew were safely evacuated.
The airport was initially used for limited domestic flights, mainly to Mumbai and Bengaluru. The operation of international flights started in 2006 with Air India Express flying to Dubai. Mangalore Airport was a customs airport [10] for six years, from 3 October 2006 to 3 October 2012, before it was granted the status of International Airport. [11]