On June 20, 2020, Alitalia – the flag carrier of Italy – launched their first cargo freighter service to CSMIA, Mumbai. Alitalia plans to operate a non-scheduled weekly flight on the Mumbai – Rome – New York sector with their Boeing 777 Passenger to Cargo [P2C] converted aircraft. The flight is scheduled to operate every Sunday, till the end of July. This Rome-Mumbai flight has enhanced the connectivity between Italy and India. Alitalia is operating on this route after almost 12 […]
TruJet, a regional air carrier led by Turbo Megha Airways Pvt Ltd. of Hyderabad, has become the first airline to carry out civil operations to Bidar in Karnataka. The airline launched direct flights from Bengaluru to Bidar on February 7th. Karnataka Chief Minister Shri. Yeddyurappa inaugurated the service in Bengaluru and flew in the same flight to Bidar and back. With the launch of this flight, Bidar finally arrives on the map of Civilian Airports in India. This flight was […]
India’s National carrier Air India is all set to fly to new destinations starting February 2020. The airline has announced it’s operations to Doha and Stansted as new destinations. The airline will also add an additional service on the existing Mumbai to London Heathrow route. Last year, Air India had commenced operations to cities like Nairobi, Kuwait and Colombo from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai and Stansted from Amritsar. We at Victor Tango Aviation were thrilled to be invited and be […]
Vietnam’s budget carrier, VietJet has recently announced additional services for connecting Vietnam and India. The airline commenced operations to New Delhi from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City back in December with promotional fares starting INR 9. They currently connect Hanoi to Delhi thrice a week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday while the Ho Chi Minh to Delhi sector operates four times a week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The airline will be connecting Da Nang and Delhi, starting […]
On October 27th (start of Winter Schedule), Virgin Atlantic restarted their daily flights from London Heathrow to CSMIA, Mumbai after almost a four year gap of absence. This service adds to the existing flights provided by Air India and British Airways between Heathrow Airport and CSMIA, Mumbai. The inaugural flight was operated by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner equipment with registration G-VCRU nicknamed “Olivia-Rae“. The aircraft has a 3-class seating configuration – C31W35Y198. Photo Gallery We at Team VT Aviation were pleased […]
UPDATE (26 October) – On October 25, Vistara announced Colombo as their 4th International destination and announced some readjustments on the existing international routes. More details at the end of the article! Click here to read more. Over the last few months, Vistara has been aggressive with its expansion plans, both on the domestic as well as the international sectors. After the successful launch of their international destinations – Singapore, Bangkok and Dubai, Vistara’s new routes has been focussed towards […]
After having connected to 7 international destinations, GoAir has added Singapore as it’s 8th destination. GoAir commenced flights to Singapore from October 18th, four times a week from the silicon valley of India, Bengaluru and from October 19th, three times a week from the capital city of the land of Royal Bengal Tigers, Kolkata! The timings of the flights are as shown below – G827 BLR2045 – SIN0320(+1) A320N 4x G828 SIN0450 – BLR0735 A320N 4x Here are some pictures […]
Jaffna is a city on the northern tip of Sri Lanka and about 400km drive from Colombo. Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India which operates the regional operations across India with ATR turbo-prop aircraft successfully conducted a test flight to Jaffna from Chennai. As per the initial plan, the airline will operate to Jaffna from Chennai, Tiruchirapalli and Kochi. The regular operations to Jaffna International Airport from Chennai is expected to start from November 1 with flights operating 3 […]
India’s premium airline, Vistara, announced the launch of it’s 2 new domestic destinations, Udaipur and Jodhpur. The airline will connect the cities of Mumbai and Delhi with these cities in Rajasthan expanding it’s current domestic network. The airline will start flying to the two new destinations from next month. Vistara will operate daily direct flights between Mumbai and Udaipur from 4 October, 2019. From 29 October, the airline will further expand with daily direct flights between Delhi and Udaipur, Delhi and […]
Star Air, a part of Sanjay Ghodawat group (SGG), announced Mumbai as their next destination. As part of their expansion plan, the airline plans to connect Belagavi with Mumbai. The services are expected to start from September 6, 2019. Ticket bookings open for sale from August 9, 2019. Star Air is a recently launched airliner carrier in India with its base at Bengaluru Kempegowda International Airport (BLR). The airline operates the Embraer ERJ-145LR aircraft type – a unique type in India […]