Mumbai/Ahmedabad:
National air-carrier Air India today said it will deploy a Boeing 777-200 (long range) aircraft on its Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Newark sector effective from January 10.
At present, the airline operates its Ahmedabad-Mumbai sector with Airbus 321 and the Mumbai-Newark route is serviced through Boeing 777 aircraft.
"The introduction of this direct service (replacing an Airbus A321 between Ahmedabad and Mumbai) brings with it a host of benefits to the passengers from Gujarat such as seamless connectivity, no change of aircraft in Mumbai, lesser transit and travel time and convenient departure and arrival timings," Air India said in press release here.
With the introduction of the Boeing 777 plane on the entire sector, Air India Flight AI-191 (Ahmedabad-Mumbai- Newark) will leave Ahmedabad at 10:25 PM and reach Mumbai at
11:25 PM, it said.
The flight will depart from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 01:30 AM and reach Newark at 07:15 AM (local time). The return flight AI-144 will leave Newark at 4:25 PM
(local time) and reach Mumbai at 5:35 PM next. The flight will leave from Mumbai at 7:40 PM and arrive in Ahmedabad at 08:40 PM, the release said.
"This new service will also be beneficial to senior citizens and passengers on wheel chair as they could travel through to the destination without a change of aircraft in transit, " it added.
At present, the airline operates its Ahmedabad-Mumbai sector with Airbus 321 and the Mumbai-Newark route is serviced through Boeing 777 aircraft.
"The introduction of this direct service (replacing an Airbus A321 between Ahmedabad and Mumbai) brings with it a host of benefits to the passengers from Gujarat such as seamless connectivity, no change of aircraft in Mumbai, lesser transit and travel time and convenient departure and arrival timings," Air India said in press release here.
With the introduction of the Boeing 777 plane on the entire sector, Air India Flight AI-191 (Ahmedabad-Mumbai- Newark) will leave Ahmedabad at 10:25 PM and reach Mumbai at
11:25 PM, it said.
The flight will depart from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 01:30 AM and reach Newark at 07:15 AM (local time). The return flight AI-144 will leave Newark at 4:25 PM
(local time) and reach Mumbai at 5:35 PM next. The flight will leave from Mumbai at 7:40 PM and arrive in Ahmedabad at 08:40 PM, the release said.
"This new service will also be beneficial to senior citizens and passengers on wheel chair as they could travel through to the destination without a change of aircraft in transit, " it added.
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