IndiGo announced six new routes to Middle East with daily flights to Dubai, Bahrain, Dammam and Jeddah.
The new routes are Bengaluru-Dubai, Kochi-Bahrain, Lucknow-Dammam starting from June 1 and Ahmedabad-Jeddah from August 11. The airline has also announced seasonal additional flights in the Chennai-Dammam and Kochi-Dammam routes for the summer season.
With these routes, IndiGo has become the first Indian airline to offer direct flights connecting Bengaluru and Dubai, as well as Kochi and Bahrain.
“These new direct connections will not only offer hassle-free and affordable options for travel between the cities, but also considerably reduce the travel time,” said Vinay Malhotra, Indigo’s head of global sales.
The airline currently has flights to 11 Middle East airports namely Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait, Ras Al Khaimah, Riyadh, Sharjah and Muscat
Besides this the airline will launch one more daily service to Mumbai from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on May 22. This is IndiGo’s third daily service on this route.
Air India and IndiGo currently operate two daily services each, while Vistara’s new service will start on June 1.