Business Travel
Another non-stop flight for Air India
Air India, which already operates
a hugely popular daily service to Delhi, plans to introduce two non- stop flights per week to Amritsar from Birmingham Airport. This new route to the home of
the Golden Temple will be served twice a week, direct from Birmingham Airport, the only UK airport to operate non-stop services on this route. Since launching in August 2013,
Air India services have been a great success, offering passengers the
opportunity to travel directly from their local airport to Delhi. The service has carried almost 500,000 passengers in the four years it has operated. William Pearson, aviation
director at Birmingham Airport, said: “It is great news that we will have non-stop connections to two Indian cities. With over 200,000 British-Indian people who travel to India to visit friends and relatives, and for tourism and business interests, this additional destination shows the large demand within the region for non-stop Amritsar services from the Midlands. “Air India has been a successful
partner for over four years and offers great connections to India with services operated by the new Boeing 787-8 ‘Dreamliner’ aircraft.” Pankaj Srivastava, director –
William Pearson and Pankaj Srivastava: New route direct to the Golden Temple
commercial and board member of Air India, said: “Air India is always very sensitive to the needs of the consumer and is pleased to be connecting the two cities thereby adding a new city pairing for Air India’s expanding global network with the only non-stop UK Amritsar service.”
Luke Hayhoe: New destinations
British Airways is to increase flights from UK regional airports to some of the top European holiday hotspots in summer 2018. In May last year British Airways launched four new summer-only routes from Manchester Airport and four from Birmingham and Bristol airports. From next May, there will be an
extra weekend flight from Birmingham to Palma and an extra weekend flight from Bristol to Malaga, as well as other additional flights extra weekend flights from Manchester to Malaga, Ibiza and Palma. Additional summer routes
include flights from Birmingham to Malaga and Florence.
Luke Hayhoe, British Airways’
general manager customer and commercial, said: “Following the successful launch of our regional flying this year we are delighted to resume flights from these three important UK airports next summer. “We have looked at what our
customers want and have altered our schedule to provide improved departure times and the extra flights and capacity on the most popular routes.” Each way fares from Birmingham
start from £46 to Palma. All flights operate on modern
Embraer 190 jet aircraft, with spacious cabins and two abreast seating allowing every customer to have an aisle or window seat.
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