Air India to launch thrice-a-week Kolkata-Bangkok flight

Air India is set to launch thrice-a-week Kolkata-Bangkok flight. The passengers will board a state-of-the-art Airbus A320 neo aircraft in May, Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani said on Saturday.

The national career will enhance its connectivity in the Eastern Region from its summer schedule starting in a phased manner from March-end this year.

Air India will also start the day-return Kolkata-Bengaluru flight, which will be in addition to the existing flight to Bengaluru from the city.

"The national career will also start a flight from Mumbai to Guwahati and from Mumbai to Ranchi and start a service on the Delhi-Guwahati-Dibrugarh sector. This will be in addition to the already existing flight from Delhi to Guwahati. This flight will also link Dibrugarh for the first time with the Capital," Ashwani added.

Recently, Air India Express had launched services to Singapore and Dhaka from Kolkata. Operations to the North-east have also been strengthened with the commencement of point to point operations from Kolkata to Imphal and from Kolkata to Aizwal as well as between Kolkata and Dimapur and Dibrugarh.

Air India, which is set to induct 34 aircraft this year, is on an expansion mode driven by the mantra "Fly More Fill More". It will be connecting Delhi with Washington shortly with a direct connection and also launch a Dreamliner flight to Copenhagen later in the year.