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Air India Express is the low cost subsidiary of Air India. Air India Express was founded in May 2004. Air India Express operates most of its flights from the main base in Kerala. The airline was founded to service the growing demand of South Indian travelers for a low cost flying option to the Gulf. It operates flights mainly to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The airline started operations on 29 April 2005 with a flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Abu Dhabi.
Air India Express is India’s only international airline that offers great value and amazing service at lowest fares. At present, Air India Express operates approximately 100 flights per week, mainly to the Middle East from Tamilnadu and Kerala.
Fleet
Air India Express’ fleet consists of 21 advanced B737-800 aircraft. Since the airline mainly focuses on budget travelers, all aircraft have only a single class i.e. economy. The aircraft have a capacity of 180 seats. Air India Express follows world class safety and maintenance standards for its fleet.
On-board Services
Each flight of AirIndia Express has all the important in-flight services required to make your flying absolutely comfortable. Despite being a low-cost carrier, Air India Express provides free standardized meals and limited on-board entertainment facilities. Air India Express offers a complimentary pre-set snack box or light meal to its passengers. You have the option to choose from veg. and non-veg. options.
Destinations
Air India Express operates flights to leading international destinations which are within a distance of around 4 hrs from different airports in India. At present, Air India Express flies to 14 international destinations – Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Bahrain, Bangkok, Colombo, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Kuala Lampur, Sharjah, Kuwait, Muscat, Salalah and Singapore. All the international flights are operated from 16 Indian cities – Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Tiruchirapally and Thiruvananthpuram.
Apart from the international flights, AirIndiaExpress also operates several flights on the domestic sectors like Mumbai-Kochi, Mumbai-Kozhikode, Mumbai-Delhi, Mumbai-Chennai, Mumbai-Pune, Mumbai-Nagpur, Mumbai–Mangalore, Mumbai-Thiruvananthpuram, Mumbai–Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad-Nagpur, Delhi-Jaipur, Delhi–Lucknow, Kozhikode-Kochi, Kozhikode-Thiruvananthpuram, Kochi-Thiruvananthpuram, Chennai–Tiruchirapally, Chennai–Hyderabad and Kozhikode–Mangalore sectors.
Air India Express Online Booking
Flight tickets for AirIndia Express can be booked either through the official Air India Express online booking or with any of the leading OTAs like Yatra.com, cleartrip.com, makemytrip.com etc. Air India Express online booking is very customer-friendly and takes only a few minutes. The biggest advantage of booking Air India Express flight tickets online is it is very easy and completely removes all hassles and also saves you a lot of money as the fares that you get online are lower than what you get from the travel agents. |
