From September 1, Air India’s flight (AI-657/658) from Delhi will not touch down at Kozhikode. Air India has been operating this service in the Delhi- Mumbai- Coimbatore- Kozhikode sector.
The airline’s office in Kozhikode said in a release on Monday that the flight would not touch Kozhikode because of “non-availability of runway”.
An official source said the pullout was because of the works to re-carpet the runway, indicating that the flight would not be operated up to Kozhikode till the works were completed.
It would be operated only in the Delhi- Mumbai- Coimbatore sector.
Air India also released a fresh schedule of its express flights to various destinations, which will be effective from September 1 to October 24.
The flights and departure time are: Kozhikode- Sharjah (IX351) - 11.10 a.m.; Kozhikode- Abu Dhabi (IX363)- 9.10 p.m.; Kozhikode- Muscat (IX337)- 11.25 a.m.; Kozhikode- Kuwait (IX393)- 11.55 a.m. (Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday); Kozhikode- Dammam (IX381)- 11.55 a.m. (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday); Kozhikode- Salalah (IX341)- 10.40 p.m. (Monday, Friday); Kozhikode- Al-Ain (IX331)- 11.10 p.m. (Thursday); Kozhikode- Bahrain- Doha (IX473)- 11.45 a.m.; Kozhikode- Kochi (IX474)- 12.10 a.m.; Kozhikode- Doha (IX373) - 1.30 a.m. (Thursday, Saturday).
