IndiGo has started daily flights to New Delhi from Mangaluru. Flight 6E6303 will leave from New Delhi at 2.55 pm and reach Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) at 6.05 pm, while flight 6E6304 will leave from MIA at 6.35 pm and reach New Delhi at 9.35 pm.
In the flight that left for Delhi on Friday, 147 passengers were on board. On Saturday, 170 people had already booked their tickets to travel to New Delhi from Mangaluru, a release from the airline said.
As re-carpeting work for renovation of the runway has begun from Friday at the international airport in Mangaluru, IndiGo, Air India Express and Air India flights will operate under a revised schedule except on Sundays and public holidays.
IndiGo flight 6E172 to Kolkata will not operate from Monday to Saturday. It will only fly on Sunday, when re-carpeting work will not be done. Flight 6E172 will fly to Kolkata via Bengaluru from Mangaluru. This flight will leave from Mangaluru at 12.15 pm. From Bengaluru, the same flight will depart at 2 pm and reach Kolkata at 4.35 pm.