In a major improvement, Air India is about to introduce its A350 plane on the Delhi-Dubai route from May 1, signalling the Tata Group airline’s debut of the wide-body plane for worldwide flights. “Operating as AI995/996, the aircraft is scheduled to depart Delhi daily at 20:45 hours, arriving at 22:45 hours in Dubai,” the airline mentioned in a launch on Thursday.
The return flight will depart Dubai the following day at 00:15 hours and arrive in Delhi at 04:55 hours. All are native timings. The A350 plane may have 28 personal suites with full-flat beds in Business, 24 seats in Premium Economy and 264 seats in Economy.
Air India began inducting the A350 planes this 12 months and are getting used for home flights for crew familiarisation and regulatory compliance functions. The airline has positioned an order for 40 A350 planes and 4 of them are in its fleet. Currently, Air India operates 72 flights per week to Dubai from 5 Indian cities, of which 32 flights are from Delhi.
Air India, IndiGo cancel Dubai-bound flights
Earlier on Wednesday, flights from India to Dubai have been disrupted considerably as heavy rains resulted in flooding of the emirate’s airport, additionally one of many world’s busiest airports. Air India, which operates 72 weekly flights from numerous cities to Dubai, and IndiGo cancelled their companies on April 17.
Apart from Air India, Air India Express, Vistara, IndiGo and SpiceJet additionally function flights from numerous Indian cities to Dubai, which can also be dwelling to numerous Indian diaspora.
An Air India spokesperson mentioned due to the influence of hostile climate in Dubai, it had to cancel flights to and from the Gulf nation on Tuesday and Wednesday. “We are doing our greatest to get affected passengers on their approach as quickly as doable by re-accommodating them on flights within the subsequent few days.
(With PTI inputs)
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