Indian introduces daily Mumbai-Muscat flight

New Delhi, Mar 31 (UNI) Indian has stepped up its Gulf operations to meet increasing air traffic demands of the region.

From April 2, Indian will introduce a new daily service from Ahmedabad to the Omani capital of Muscat via Mumbai. As a result, the existing thrice weekly Delhi-Ahmedabad-Muscat flight will now operate non-stop between Delhi and Muscat.

The new evening flight IC 685 will depart Ahmedabad at 1940 hrs, arrive Mumbai at 2040 hrs, leave Mumbai at 2200 hrs and arrive Muscat at 2310 hrs. In the return direction, IC 686 will leave Muscat at 0005 hrs, arrive Mumbai at 0415 hrs, leave Mumbai at 0530 hrs and reach Ahmedabad at 0630 hrs.

The thrice weekly Delhi-Muscat flight IC 885/886 will continue to operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays but with revised timings. IC 885 will now leave Delhi at 1920 hrs and reach Muscat non-stop at 2100 hrs. The return flight IC 886 will leave Muscat at 2300 hrs and arrive Delhi at 0315 hrs the next day.

With the introduction of the new Mumbai-Muscat flight, Indian now connects eight cities from India -- Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Kochi, Kozhikode and Hyderabad -- to Muscat.

Indian operates to a wide network of 54 destinations in India and 18 destinations in neighbouring regions of the Gulf and southeast Asia with over 300 flights taking off every day.

UNI