Air India Starts Daily Flights for Mumbai-Coimbatore Route: Details Here

Tata Group-owned, Air India, on Wednesday started its daily operations for its Mumbai-Coimbatore route starting from May 3rd, using its A320-Neo fleet.

The move is aimed at providing seamless travel to its passengers, with the flight operating daily on all seven days. The airline has said that the same flight will also allow passengers to fly to London and San Francisco from Mumbai.

Flight Schedule for the Mumbai-Coimbatore Route

Air India’s A320-Neo fleet will operate daily flights on all seven days between Mumbai and Coimbatore. Flight AI 609 departs Mumbai at 6:30 am and arrives in Coimbatore at 8:20 am, while the return AI 608 flight departs Coimbatore at 9 am and arrives in Mumbai at 11 am.

It is worth noting that the same flight will also allow passengers to fly to London and San Francisco from Mumbai. The re-introduction decision was taken by the carrier to provide seamless travel to the passengers.

Tussle between Air India’s Management and Pilots

Meanwhile, the tussle between the management of Air India and the pilots continues, with the airline sending out a strongly-worded email warning of disciplinary and monetary action against its pilots in case of delays in licence renewal or Airport Entry Pass (AEP).

India Emerges as a Key Global Aviation Market

In more positive news, the latest market analysis report of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reveals that India is emerging as a key global aviation market. India’s domestic air travel has continued to grow robustly and, as of February, it was only 2.2 per cent shy of reaching pre-pandemic levels measured by passenger revenue kilometres (PRK).

Additionally, India’s domestic passenger market has led the rest of the domestic markets in the passenger load factor (PLF) metric in the report which includes the US, China and Japanese domestic markets. It has been the top domestic market measured by PLF for the last four months.