Air India resumes direct flight between Amritsar and Birmingham
- | Tuesday | 20th February, 2018
The flight will then depart from Amritsar at 1.55 pm and reach Birmingham at 5.15 pm local time, according to an Air India statement. The return flight AI 118 will take off from Birmingham at 6.45 pm and reach Amritsar the following day at 7.45 am. NEW DELHI: Air India on Tuesday resumed non-stop flights between Amritsar and Birmingham after a gap of eight years.The flight will operate twice-a-week on Tuesday and Thursday with a Boeing 787 aircraft.According to an Air India official, the airline had suspended its direct operations on this route in 2010. Former civil aviation minister Praful Patel had inaugurated Air India's maiden flight on this route back in 2005. Another official said that with Air India resuming the service it is the only airline to offer direct flights between Punjab and the UK.The flight AI 117 will take off from Delhi at 11.20 am and reach Amritsar at 12.25 pm.
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