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Air India Express inducted (06-Feb-09) another B737-800 aircraft thus increasing the fleet size to 21 aircraft, including seven leased aircraft. With the induction of the new aircraft, Air India Express will further expand its operations. Air India Express will launch its once a week flight to Dubai from Srinagar with this new aircraft with effect from 14-Feb-09.
This will mark the commencement of international flights from the new Srinagar International Airport Terminal. Air India Express is also proposing to increase frequency on the Chennai-Trichy-Dubai route from three flights a week to seven flights a week and the existing flights on the Chennai-Hyderabad-Dubai route from three to four flights a week. Air India Express will also increase the frequency of its flights from three to six flights a week on the Trichy-Kuala Lumpur sector.
Air India Express commenced operations on 29-Apr-05, and operates 176 weekly flights between 16 Indian cities viz. Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai, Delhi, Amritsar, Mangalore, Chennai, Tiruchirapally, Nagpur, Kolkota, Jaipur, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune and 14 International cities on the network, which are Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Muscat, Salalah, Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, Dhaka and Colombo.
(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 09-Feb-09
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Air India Express takes delivery of B737-800 aircraft 
