In addition, Air India Express is enhancing its domestic network with new services to Dimapur and Patna, offering daily flights linking Dimapur to Guwahati, and Patna to Bengaluru and Hyderabad. These flights are now available for booking on the airline’s official website, and other popular booking platforms.
Commenting on the achievement, Aloke Singh, Managing Director of Air India Express said, “With Bangkok as our 50th destination, we are expanding our presence in Southeast Asia while strengthening our domestic footprint. We are excited to launch services from Pune and Surat, two of India’s emerging economic hubs. Our new services to Dimapur and Patna will further enhance our domestic network, linking Dimapur to Guwahati and onward to Delhi, and Patna to Bengaluru and Hyderabad.”
“This expansion supports our strategy of connecting non-metro cities with both international destinations and major Indian metros, fostering economic growth and tourism, while continuing to offer an exceptional travel experience with our signature Indian hospitality,” he added.
The launch of services to Dimapur and Patna also bring convenient one-stop connections. Dimapur will have one-stop connectivity to Delhi via Guwahati, and Patna will be connected to Indore via Hyderabad.
:Air India Express expands connections to Northeast India by adding more flights
From Pune, Air India Express operates 75 weekly flights connecting nine destinations, incuding Bangkok, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, and Lucknow. Additionally, the airline offers one-stop connections to 20 domestic destinations, including Agartala, Ayodhya, Bagdogra, Goa, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Jammu, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Patna, Ranchi, Port Blair, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada, Varanasi, and Vishakhapatnam, as well as nine international destinations: Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dammam, Dubai, Muscat, Riyadh, Salalah, Sharjah, and Singapore.
From Surat, Air India Express operates 40 weekly flights connecting directly to seven destinations: Bengaluru, Bangkok, Chennai, Delhi, Dubai, Hyderabad, and Sharjah. In addition, the airline offers one-stop connectivity to 22 domestic destinations, including Agartala, Ayodhya, Bagdogra, Bhubaneswar, Calicut, Chennai, Goa, Gwalior, Guwahati, Imphal, Jaipur, Kochi, Lucknow, Mangalore, Patna, Ranchi, Port Blair, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Varanasi, Vijayawada, and Vishakhapatnam, as well as five international destinations: Bahrain, Dammam, Jeddah, Muscat, and Riyadh.