IndiGo, SpiceJet announce flights to MIA from B’luru, Mumbai, Chennai

Mangaluru: IndiGo and SpiceJet have announced their domestic schedule to Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) ahead of commencement of domestic operations by the airlines from May 25. While IndiGo will operate daily flights from Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Chennai up to June 30 to start with, SpiceJet will operate flights here from Mumbai and Bengaluru, as per the schedule these airlines have submitted to the Mangaluru International Airport authorities.
IndiGo Flight 6E5327 will arrive from Mumbai at 11am and depart for Mumbai as flight 6E5328 at 11.40am. Flight 6E0279 will arrive from Bengaluru at 6.55pm and depart as flight 6E0388 at 7.35pm. Flight 6E7141 from Chennai will arrive at MIA at 7.35pm and leave for Chennai as flight 6E7139 at 8.05pm. While IndiGo will use Airbus A320 aircraft for operations from Bengaluru and Mumbai, it will deploy an ATR on the Mangaluru-Chennai sector.
SpiceJet flight SG356 from Mumbai will arrive at MIA at 8.35am and depart from Mumbai at 9.05am as SG353. The SpiceJet flight from Bengaluru (SG1035) will arrive at 9am and depart as flight SG1027 at 9.20am. The second SpiceJet flight (SG3743) from the state capital will arrive at MIA at 9.15pm and depart as flight SG3744 at 9.35pm. SpiceJet is using the 186-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft on the Mumbai route, and the 90/78 seater Bombardier Q-400 to Bengaluru.
V V Rao, director, MIA, held a meeting with the airlines on Friday, and said that the Airports Authority of India is fully geared up for smooth operations of all domestic flights as per guidelines and SOPs announced by the ministry of civil aviation. The new flying regime will also entail greater responsibility on the flyers, in that they will have to be at the airport two hours prior to the departure of the flight, he said.
Rao said other airlines that operated domestically to the city prior to the lockdown, namely Air India, too could finalise their schedule, and the same will be made public once the airlines submit the same to the AAI. The airport has also increased amenities for passengers coming on board Vande Bharat Mission flights to the airport, prior to them leaving for institutional quarantine.