Mumbai-Mangaluru evening flight resumes from May 22

MANGALURU: The Mumbai-Mangaluru air sector, which has a high demand, will see the reintroduction of another flight starting from May 22.
The low-cost airline Indigo will operate in this sector, which is part of its summer schedule.
The new flight to Mumbai will be the third flight from Indigo, and including Air India, a total of four flights will operate per day starting next week. According to officials of Mangaluru International Airport (MIA), the reintroduced flight will depart from Mumbai at 5.40pm and from Mangaluru it will depart at 7.45pm.
“As per the current plan, the reintroduced flight will operate until June 15. It is likely to continue its services if there is a good passenger load. The same flight was operated earlier and discontinued a few years ago due to poor response. However, with increasing demand from passengers, the flight has been reintroduced again,” an MIA source said.
Frequent flyers on this route expressed happiness over the introduction of flight.
“Flights in this sector go almost full every day and the fare is also high. We hope that the new flight service will be able to reduce fares and also accommodate more passengers in this sector. The flight timings are also suitable,” commented a frequent flyer and an aviation geek.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation data shows that in 2022, the highest number of domestic travellers flew between Mumbai and Mangaluru with 4.94 lakh passengers flying to and fro.
It translates to around 42,000 passengers flying every month on average in this sector. After Mumbai, most passengers fly to Bengaluru.
Flight to Bengaluru from June
Meanwhile, a fifth flight to Bengaluru from Mangaluru will be added on June 1 and will be operated by Indigo. Sources from MIA said that the flight will be operated around 11 am.