Mangaluru, July 20, 2019: Spice Jet will be operating direct flights between Mangaluru and New Delhi from August 4 onwards. The flight services on the route have remained suspended since several months.
The proposed flight which will leave the city at 6.15 am will land in the national capital at 8.55 am. The flight will leave New Delhi airport at 8.30 pm and reach Mangaluru at 11.15 pm.
As of now passengers to Delhi have to either travel to Mumbai, Bengaluru or Delhi to catch a connecting flight to Delhi.
It may be recalled here that MP Nalin Kumar Kateel who had met Union Civil Aviation Minister recently, had urged him to introduce direct flights between Mangaluru and New Delhi.