Air India Express will introduce direct flights connecting Goa to Dubai four times weekly starting March 26, 2023. The airline will also commence direct flights connecting Indore-Dubai from March 2023, a few days after Air India ends it. Indore has only had non-stops from Dubai since 2019.
Meanwhile the airline will soon end commercial operations on Delhi-Dubai and Mumbai-Dubai routes, while the core routes will be served by Air India.
Air India Express has in total 11 direct flights connecting various cities in India to Dubai. Since May 1, 2023, the airline has increased frequency on five routes on Jaipur, Trivandrum, Trichy, Kozhikode and Mangalore.