Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (SR)
Bengaluru, May 29: In a great relief to frequent travelers between Mysuru and Bengaluru, Alliance Air, an Air India subsidiary that operates domestic routes as per the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik -UDAN, has decided to commence operations of Bengaluru-Mysuru flight service from June 7.
Travelling by road between Mysuru and Bengaluru is arduous and time-consuming because of the highway-widening work that is going on. It takes almost 3.5 hours by road and the fastest train (12007 MGR Chennai Central -Mysuru Shatabdi Express) takes 2 hours time. An alternative route between the two cities via Kanakapura and Malavalli has been a strongly felt necessity among frequent commuters.
Flight AI 9539, with special economy seats costing Rs 1,365 and super value economy class at Rs 1, 589, will operate five days a week. Air India officials declared that Alliance Air’s ATR-72 which has a seating capacity of 70 will provide service on the route except for Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Confirming the flag off of the service Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha tweeted ““Will flag off the Bengaluru-Mysuru flight on June 7th. Thank u @narendramodi ji and @jayantsinha ji.”
The flight is scheduled to take off from Bengaluru at 10.30 am and will land at the Mysuru airport at 11.25 am and on its return journey (AI 9540) will depart from Mysuru at 12 noon and will land in Bengaluru at 1 pm.
In the UDAN Scheme, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has also granted new flight routes that will operate from Bengaluru to Gwalior, Jamnagar, Agra, Thanjavur, and Kalaburagi. The same scheme has announced Mysuru flights to Goa, Hyderabad, Belagavi and Kochi apart from the new flight to the state capital.