Air India to start new flights on two new routes from September 27

On monday, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the Air India will start new flights on two new routes of Mumbai-Patna-Amritsar route and Mumbai-Nairobi route from 27 September. The airline statement added that the decision was taken at a commercial review meeting of the airline at its headquarters on Friday.

Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted, "I am delighted to announce that on the occasion of World Tourism Day on 27 September 2019, Air India will begin a direct Mumbai-Nairobi flight (4 days a week) to improve air connectivity between India and Kenya".

Also he tweeted, "To honour another long pending demand of devotees to provide air connectivity between Guru Nagri & Sri Patna Sahib, I am delighted to announce the commencement of a daily Air India flight between Mumbai-Patna-Amritsar from 27th Sept 2019".

Currently, Hardeep Singh Puri is a Rajya Sabha member, had fought the 2019 general elections from the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat but lost to Congress' Gurjeet Singh Aujla.

It will offer additional 3,500 seats per week on Mumbai-Dubai-Mumbai route from 1 June, the national carrier said. Also, Air India had announced that it would sell last-minute tickets at a "hefty discount" in May.