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Indian to launch Dubai-Goa flights in a week
Dubai, May 7 (UNI) Two direct flights by Indian Airlines from Dubai to Goa will be started within a week, a senior official said.
Abhay Pathak, Regional Manager of Indian Airlines told Khaleej Times yesterday that the new service is expected to start in a week's time from Dubai every Thursday and Saturday from Goa to Dubai on the same day.
On
March
28,
Indian
stopped
its
direct
flights
to
Goa
from
Sharjah
citing
low
traffic.
The
decision
drew
criticism
from
expatriates
from
Goa.
"We
had
stopped
the
Goa
direct
operations
as
Air
India
Express
had
plans
to
start
direct
flights.
However,
the
plan
did
not
materialise
due
to
shortage
of
aircraft." UNI
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NC
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Story first published: Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 10:03 [IST]