Air India to operate Kochi-London direct flights thrice a week
Air India to operate Kochi-London direct flights thrice a week
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Air India to operate direct flights from Cochin International Airport to the United Kingdom’s capital of London. The flight will be operated thrice a week, starting from Sunday, August 22. It is the first for the airport as well as for the state, where the Kochi airport is now the only one to operate direct flights to London.

In view of the current situation of coronavirus across the world, UK moved India from its red list to the amber list of countries earlier this month. Soon after, Air India on August 18 launched direct flights from the Heathrow airport in London to the Kochi airport. The Kochi airport has announced that the London-Kochi-London air services are being extended to thrice a week on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. as per the statement issued by Cochin International Airport Limited, the three direct flights from London being hosted per week "is the highest number of flight services.'' 

Air India is deploying a Dreamliner category of aircraft to operate the three direct Kochi-London flights. The Kochi-London direct flight from Air India will take 10 hours, according to the statement issued by the Kochi airport. The move is expected to further extend a hand to the thousands of stranded ex-pats in the UK, who can now return to the country with a bit more ease.

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