TiruchirapalliMangaluruJeddah weekly flight from April 3

The summer schedule of airlines effective from March 31 will connect Mangaluru with Tiruchirappalli, a new domestic destination from April 3.

The Air India Express flight, which will operate a weekly flight between Mangaluru and Tiruchirapalli, will also connect Mangaluru with Jeddah, a new international destination, from April 3 as the same flight will operate between Mangaluru and Jeddah once in a week.

Weekly seats

Mangaluru International Airport announced on Wednesday that airlines operating from the airport are all set to offer more weekly seats across sectors during the summer schedule. In all, 27,670 seats will be available to 17 destinations during summer, a 2% increase compared to winter 2023 with 15 destinations, an airport release said. The summer schedule is effective up to October 24, 2024.

Summer schedule

As per the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) approved schedule that Air India, Air India Express, and IndiGo have filed with the airport for the summer schedule, the coastal city shall have connectivity to nine domestic destinations – with seven direct and eight international destinations.

Airlines will also provide through connectivity to Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala via Bengaluru. Other domestic destinations with direct flights from Mangaluru are Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, with Tiruchirappalli as the new addition.

International destinations

Overseas, the airlines will provide direct flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Muscat, Doha, Kuwait, Bahrain, with Jeddah being the new connection.