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Air India
launches
Delhi-Vienna
flights |
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Air India has
launched a new
direct flight
between Delhi
and Vienna.
The service will
now operate
three times a
week using a
two-class Boeing
B787 Dreamliner
aircraft.
Flight AI153
leaves Delhi’s
Indira Gandhi
International
Airport every
Wednesday,
Friday and
Sunday at 1405
and arrives in
Vienna at 1845.
The return
flight, AI154,
then departs the
Austrian capital
at 2245 and
arrives back in
Delhi at 0925
the next
morning.
Ashwani Lohani,
chairman &
managing
director of Air
India,
commented; “The
new service
assumed
significance in
view of the
strong
relationship
that India and
Austria have
been sharing in
tourism,
education,
industry,
culture etc. The
new service will
cater to
different
segments of air
travellers.”
Vienna becomes
Air India’s
eighth
destination in
Europe, and the
national carrier
said it is now
exploring plans
to add new
destinations as
part of its
international
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Meghauli Airport
back in
operation –
Nepal |
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Meghauli Airport
in Chitwan has
been brought
back online
under the
initiative of CG
Hotels and
Resorts that
owns the luxury
Taj Safari
Resort Meghauli
Serai.
The landing
strip had been
carved out of
the jungle in
1961 for the
visit of Queen
Elizabeth and
Prince Phillip
to Chitwan.
Subsequently,
the airport
served adventure
seekers visiting
Tiger Tops until
the government
decided to
remove all
resorts and
hotels inside
Chitwan National
Park. The
airport has been
lying idle for
seven years.
The frequency of
charter flights
from Kathmandu
to Meghauli is
expected to rise
significantly as
Meghauli Serai
is popular among
high-end
tourists, said
CG Hotels and
Resorts. Regular
passenger
flights will
also be operated
at the airport,
it added.
Nepal Airlines
led the
reopening by
operating a
charter flight
from Kathmandu
to Meghauli on
April 13. The
flight carried
Binod Chaudhary,
president of the
Chaudhary Group,
and guests from
India and other
foreign
countries. The
resumption of
flights to
Meghauli has
spread
excitement among
locals as it has
boosted tourism
prospects. “The
resumption of
flights to
Meghauli,
following the
opening of an
international-standard
wildlife resort,
is considered to
be a boon to
tourism in the
region,” the CG
Hotels and
Resorts said.
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