AI Express changes flight schedule as per new CAR
Mangalore Today News Network
Mangalore, Feb 4, 2012: Air Indian Express has changed its scheduled in accordance with new DGCA, Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR), and the changes will be brought into effect from Feb 15.
The new guidelines focus on issues such as passenger safety and pilot fatigue. Accordingly, Air India Express has changed flight timings and has combined certain flights to ensure sector connectivity and minimize cancellation of flights.
In case of flight cancellation, the passenger will be informed by AI Express reservations staff and alternative arrangements will be made.
Here is the schedule for flights operating to and from Mangalore:
Departure of IX 813 / 814 Mangalore-Dubai-Mangalore will be postponed to 2200 hrs with 1 hour ground time in Dubai.
Mangalore-Abu Dhabi-Muscat-Mangalore flight will operate thrice weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Mangalore-Doha-Bahrain-Mangalore flight will operate twice weekly on Wednesdays and Fridays.
IX 383 / 384 Mangalore-Dubai-Mangalore will be operated by Dubai based aircraft.
Second Dubai-based aircraft will operate 3 Dubai / Pune / Dubai and 2 Dubai / Jaipur / Dubai at night and 3 Dubai / Mangalore / Dubai and 2 Dubai / Lucknow / Dubai in day. This aircraft will also operate Dubai / Mumbai / Mumbai and park in Mumbai overnight
Other Schedules
1) Kozhikode / Abu Dhabi / Kozhikode will be advanced to depart Kozhikode at 1800 hours.
2) All Kuwait flights from Kozhikode will be advanced to depart at 1600 hours instead of 1900 hours.
3) IX 371 / 372 Kozhikode / Doha / Bahrain / Kozhikode and IX 373 / 374 Kozhikode / Bahrain / Doha / Kozhikode will originate from Kochi.
4) Additional Kozhikode / Mumbai / Kozhikode flights on Wednesdays
5) Al Ain flight will be operated as Kozhikode / Al Ain / Kozhikode and there will be no connection to Al Ain from Kochi
6) Kochi / Dubai / Kochi and Kochi / Abu Dhabi / Kochi flights will be combined to operate daily Kochi / Abu Dhabi / Dubai / Kochi, departing Kochi at 1825
7) IX 455 / 456 Kochi / Trivandrum / Doha / Bahrain / Trivandrum / Kochi and IX 457 / 458 Kochi / Trivandrum / Bahrain / Doha / Trivandrum / Kochi will not operate. Instead there will be a daily flight IX 473 / 474 Kochi / Kozhikode / Bahrain / Doha / Kozhikode / Kochi (with Bahrain first and Doha second on all flights)
8) Two flights each Kochi / Kozhikode / Dammam / Kozhikode / Kochi and Kochi / Trivandrum / Dammam / Trivandrum / Kochi will be operated for Air India
9) Trivandrum / Dubai / Trivandrum and Trivandrum / Abu Dhabi / Trivandrum flights will be combined to operate daily Trivandrum / Abu Dhabi / Dubai / Trivandrum departing Trivandrum at 1730.
10) Trivandrum / Mumbai / Trivandrum will be advanced by 1 hour departing Trivandrum at 0655.
11) Trivandrum / Muscat / Trivandrum flight will operate thrice weekly on Tuesdays, Fridays, Sundays.
12) Trivandrum / Sharjah / Trivandrum flight will operate twice weekly on Thursdays and Saturdays.
13) IX 682 / 681 Chennai / Tiruchirapalli / Singapore / Tiruchirapalli / Chennai flight will operate daily.
14) Chennai / Kuala Lumpur / Chennai flight will operate 4 times a week and will connect to Chennai / Tiruchirapalli / Chennai leg of IX 682 / 681 to provide a Tiruchirapalli-Kuala Lumpur-Tiruchirapalli connection
15) 1 Dubai based aircraft will operate Dubai / Amritsar / Dubai 5 times a week at night, Dubai / Tiruchirapalli / Dubai 4 times week and once a week Dubai / Lucknow / Dubai in the day time. Aircraft will also operate Dubai / Mumbai / Mumbai and will be parked in Mumbai overnight
16) 3 flights each Kochi / Muscat / Kochi, Kochi / Sharjah / Kochi and Chennai / Colombo / Chennai will be operated by A320 aircraft. The schedule of these flights will be circulated shortly.
Since the demand for pilots is high, the airline has initiated a pilot recruitment drive, and curtailed frequencies will be restored as pilots are being recruited.