Air India to expand operations in Gujarat from February 23

NEW DELHI: National carrier Air India today said it will expand its operations in Gujarat with the launch of a daily direct service from February 23.

In addition, the carrier would also enhance connectivity on the Surat-Delhi sector with six flights a week from three at present.

With this scaled up operation, Air India would offer an increased capacity of 840 seats on the Surat route, the airline said in a release.

AI operates a CRJ aircraft on the Surat-Delhi sector. The Rajkot route will be serviced by its new 70-seater ATR-72-600 plane.

With the operation of this flight, Rajkot will be connected directly to Delhi and Mumbai and a passenger travelling to Rajkot in the morning can now also return to Delhi via Mumbai the same day evening, the airline said.