The Indian expatriates from Kerala residing in Oman can heave a sigh of relief as Air India, the flag carrier of India , is going to reinstate two flights to Kerala from Salalah that were suspended . The airline will also add two more flights to Thiruvananthapuram from Muscat from March.
In the words of Amresh Choudhary, Air India’s Oman country manager, earlier the airline had cancelled its two services, Salalah- Thiruvananthapuram and Salalah-Cochin-Thiruvananthapuram , in January this year. Now the airline is going to reinstate them from March-end as part of the summer schedule. It will ease the woes of those travelling to South Indian destinations.
The two main reasons behind the cancellation were that there was not much load from Salalah at that time and there was also unavailability of aircraft. There are about 450,000 Keralites residing in Oman and they usually schedule their annual leave between March and July according to summer holidays in school.
In addition to this, the airline has also applied to add two more flights to Thiruvananthapuram from Muscat with effect from March end. This will also be a boon for the travellers to Kerala.
In the words of Amresh Choudhary, Air India’s Oman country manager, earlier the airline had cancelled its two services, Salalah- Thiruvananthapuram and Salalah-Cochin-Thiruvananthapuram , in January this year. Now the airline is going to reinstate them from March-end as part of the summer schedule. It will ease the woes of those travelling to South Indian destinations.
The two main reasons behind the cancellation were that there was not much load from Salalah at that time and there was also unavailability of aircraft. There are about 450,000 Keralites residing in Oman and they usually schedule their annual leave between March and July according to summer holidays in school.
In addition to this, the airline has also applied to add two more flights to Thiruvananthapuram from Muscat with effect from March end. This will also be a boon for the travellers to Kerala.
