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AI launches flight connecting Visakhapatnam, Port Blair

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
National airline Air India today launched a flight service between Visakhapatnam and Port Blair, which would reduce the travel time between the two destinations by a significant amount.

Till now, travellers would either take the sea route or travel through other metros involving a night stay to reach Port Blair from Viskhapatnam or vice versa.

The state-run carrier already connects Port Blair to Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Bhubaneswar.

The flight AI487/488 will operate with an all economy 168-seater A320 aircraft would be in addition to Air India's already existing flights to the island from other domestic airports, a release said today.
 

The new direct air service would help capacity addition to this tourist destination besides a time saver for passengers to two places, it said.

It would also give a fillip to tourism and industry at both the places, the release added.

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First Published: Apr 09 2015 | 9:07 PM IST

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