Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Oct 12: A new direct flight from the city to New Delhi will become operational from October 27 onwards. Indigo will be operating this new flight.

In the meantime, the SpiceJet flight that was suspended since the last ten days has resumed operations from Friday, October 11.

The Indigo flight will take off from New Delhi at 2.05 pm and reach Mangaluru at 4.55 pm. On its return journey, it will depart at 5.30 pm and reach New Delhi at 8.10 pm. This flight will again come to the city the next day.

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In the meanwhile, there is also change in the timing of the SpiceJet flight that has been resumed. Its flight departs at 5.55 am and reaches New Delhi at 8.55 am. It will leave New Delhi at 8.30 pm and reach Mangaluru at 11.15 pm. This flight will resume operations the next morning.

A Jet Airways flight was serving on this route some months back but after the flight operations were stopped, people had to go to Bengaluru or Mumbai for going to New Delhi. MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, had urged the minister for civil aviation to see that direct flights are operated from Mangaluru to New Delhi. Spicejet, which had begun operations since August 4, had suspended operations for ten days citing passenger shortage and maintenance.