Saturday 11 August 2018

IndiGo opens new routes to Surat in August and September 2018

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals






IndiGo, India's largest low-cost airline, opens several new routes to Surat in summer 2018. Below are the new routes and inaugural flight dates :-

1. On 16 August 2018, IndiGo flight 6E2066 departs from Delhi for Surat at 6.30 am, arrives in Surat at 8.30 am before leaving Surat for Bengaluru at 9 am and touching down in Bengaluru at 11 am. Flight 6E2065 leaves Bengaluru for Surat at 11.30 am, touches down in Surat at 1.10 pm. At 1.40 pm, flight 6E2065 takes off for Delhi at 1.40 pm and returns to Delhi at 3.20 pm.

The Bengaluru - Surat route is not operational on Tuesdays.

2. On 16 August 2018, IndiGo opens Mumbai - Surat route. Flights depart from Mumbai daily at 3.20 pm for Surat under  6E264, arrive in Surat at 4.50 pm local time and leave Surat for Mumbai at 5.20 pm and land in Mumbai at 6.30 pm under flight 6E983.

3.  The Jaipur - Surat route is opened by IndiGo on 17 August 2018. Flights leave Jaipur for Surat daily at 1.40 pm under 6E941, arrive in Surat 3.15 pm before departing from Surat for Jaipur at 3.45 pm under flight 6E942 and touching down in Jaipur at 5.10 pm thrice-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

4. On 17 August 2018, IndiGo also commences flight from Surat for Goa at 5.40 pm under 6E2126, arrives in Goa at 6.35 pm and leaves Goa for Surat at 7.35 pm and touches down in Surat at 9 pm under 6E2703. Flights between both cities continue to operate until 30 September 2018.

5. Another IndiGo flight departs from Hyderabad for Surat at 1.05 pm under 6E752, arrives in Surat at 2.35 pm local time before leaving Surat for Hyderabad under 6E969 at 3.05 pm daily and touching down in Hyderabad at 4.40 pm.

6. On 1 September 2018, IndiGo opens Kolkata - Surat route at 6.05 pm under 6E934, touches down in Surat at 8.55 pm and leaves Surat for Kolkata daily at 9.25 pm under flight 6E723 and lands in Kolkata at 12.05 am on 2 September 2018.

As a result, IndiGo provides convenient flight connections to Surat from Dhaka and Singapore via Kolkata from 1 and 16 September 2018 respectively. IndiGo also provides flight connections to Surat from Singapore via Bengaluru from 16 August 2018.

IndiGo's routes to and from Surat come at a high time when the Indian city needs convenient flight connections to major Indian cities and Surat's startup airline YuvaJet has deferred its inaugural domestic flight from June to November 2018 as it has not received its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from DGCA.

Surat is a city in the Indian State of Gujarat. Applauded as the world's fourth-fastest growing city in 2016, it is famous for its diamond cutting and polishing, its ancient art of manufacturing fine muslin and manufacturing and export of silk cloth, hence its nicknames Diamond City and Silk City. Like Jakarta it has an established Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system. It has a flourishing information technology sector that foreign companies can capitalize on when considering investments in India.


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