KOCHI: Kochi-headquartered Air India Express, the low-cost arm of Air India, will be starting direct flights to Riyadh from the Calicut airport from December 2.
“Kozhikode-Riyadh flight IX-321 will depart Kozhikode at 9.15 am and arrive in Riyadh at 11.45 am local time,” said AIE officials. In the return direction, flight IX-322 will depart Riyadh at 01.15 pm local time and arrive in Kozhikode at 8.45 pm. The services will be operated four days in a week - Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. It will be longest service in the airline’s network.
From December 2, Air India Express will be operating a total of 134 services every week between Kozhikode and the Middle East, making Kozhikode its single largest on-line destination. The budget carrier operates around 500 flights every week, connecting 14 Indian cities with 13 destinations in the Middle East and South East Asia, with a fleet of 21 aircraft.