Air Sahara to start flight to Kuala Lumpur

KOCHI: Air Sahara is all set to start flights to Kuala Lumpur from March 19 from Delhi, thus making it the company’s fifth international destination after Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore and Maldives.

Air Sahara president Alok Sharma told reporters here that the Delhi-Kuala Lumpur flight would touch Singapore on its return trip. The company had commenced a daily Thiruvananthapuram-Male flight to Maldives two days ago, which also offers connection from Delhi and Kochi to Male.

Air Sahara is hoping to start operations to West Asia in next year as the three year restriction of the government for the private airlines to start services to West Asia ends by December. Mr Sharma said the airline was expecting to get sanction for it by January.

Air Sahara is also planning to tap the holiday market and business travelers with focus on Kerala, which is a premium holiday market, he said.