Come Dec 11, fly to Bangkok from city

Tribune News Service

Mohali, October 20

Air India has announced the long-awaited direct flight from Chandigarh to Bangkok.

While the maiden flight on Chandigarh-Bangkok route will take off on December 11. It will be operated thrice a week — Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

RK Negi, local station manage of Air India, said, “The Chandigarh to Bangkok flight will start from December 11. It will depart from Bangkok at 5.40 am and arrive at the city airport at 9.20 am. The flight will depart from Chandigarh at 2 pm.”

The duration of the flight is 5 hours and 30 minutes.

“The aircraft, Airbus 320 Neo, has a capacity of 162 passengers. There are 12 seats in business class and 150 in economy class,” Negi added.

The flight to Bangkok was to start in April 2017 but was deferred due to delay in procuring an aircraft. It was not included in the summer flight schedule. Meanwhile, flight operations at the airport had been curtailed since October 3, due to repair of the runway. The airport remains closed for operation from 4 pm to 5 am. There are no commercial flights on Sundays.