Air India revives itself, launches non-stop flight service from Delhi to Copenhagen

New Delhi, September 17: National passenger carrier Air India on Saturday launched its non-stop flight service from New Delhi to Copenhagen, Denmark. The new service is Air India’s third non-stop flight launched this year.

 

 

Air India has expanding its international operations and has started services to overseas destinations, including Washington and Stockholm so far this year. Commenting on the launch of the new services, Air India's Chairman and Managing Director Rajiv Bansal said: "With this new service, we expect to cater to the majority of traffic between Copenhagen and Delhi... We have also received good cargo load for the sector." This is the 11th destination in Europe for Air India and it is "connecting the Mermaid with the Maharaja", Bansal said, adding that he is looking forward for good passenger load.

 

"AI 157 will depart from Delhi at 1430 hours to reach Copenhagen at 1845 hours the same day. The return flight AI 158 will leave Copenhagen at 2045 hours and reach Delhi at 0735 hours the next day," the airline said in a release. To mark the launch of the flight to Copenhagen, Air India is offering return fares starting from Rs 42,700, inclusive of all taxes.

 

Apart from Copenhagen, the airline has direct flights to Stockholm, Madrid, Vienna, Rome, Milan, Frankfurt, Paris, Birmingham and London. Air India group operates to 44 international destinations and over 70 domestic stations. It has an operating fleet of 142 aircraft, including A320, B777 and B737-800 planes.

To revive Air India, which has huge debt burden, the government is working on the modalities for the strategic disinvestment of Air India and its five subsidiaries.