Mangaluru International Airport expands flight connectivity to key destinations in summer
Mangaluru: Mangaluru International Airport is set to enhance air connectivity to Bengaluru and other key domestic and international destinations as part of the Summer Schedule 2025, which comes into effect from March 30. The expanded schedule aims to provide passengers with increased travel options and seamless connectivity.
As part of the revised schedule, the frequency of flights between Mangaluru and Karnataka’s capital, Bengaluru, will increase from the current seven daily flights to eight. IndiGo will operate six flights, while Air India Express will run two flights. From May 23, IndiGo will add another flight, taking the total number of daily flights on this route to nine.
The Mangaluru-Mumbai sector will continue to have five daily flights—three by IndiGo and two by Air India Express. Flights to Delhi will remain at one per day by both IndiGo and Air India Express. Hyderabad will have two daily flights, with an additional flight on three days a week, all operated by IndiGo. Chennai will continue to see two daily flights, also operated by IndiGo.
On the international front, Air India Express will now operate both of its weekly flights to Bahrain directly from Mangaluru, instead of routing one through Kannur. The airline will also continue its two daily flights to Dubai, a daily flight to Abu Dhabi, and four weekly flights each to Dammam and Muscat. Additionally, there will be two weekly flights to Doha and one each to Jeddah and Kuwait.
IndiGo will introduce a larger aircraft, the 232-seater Airbus A-321 Neo, on its daily Abu Dhabi route to increase seat availability. The airline will also continue its four weekly flights to Dubai.
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Road crash in UP leaves 10 dead
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) (PTI): Ten people were killed when a van collided head-on with a truck on the Sisaiya-Lakhimpur national highway on Monday, police said.
The van was going to Sisaiya from Lakhimpur when the accident took place between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages.
Circle Officer of Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh, said all nine passengers travelling in the van and the driver were killed.
District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri Anjani Kumar Singh told reporters that the van collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, leading to nine casualties on the spot, while one succumbed to injuries at the district hospital.
Circle Officer, Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh told PTI, "Efforts are on to establish the identity of other deceased persons."
The seven of the deceased have been identified as Jaideep Singh (25), Pawan (23), Sohan (21), Ram Goyal (42), Sahajram (35), Pappu (18), all residents of Bahraich district and Adnan Khan (15), a resident of Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.
Condoling the loss of lives in the accident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a post on X, said, "The loss of life in the unfortunate road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply distressing and heart-wrenching. My condolences are with the bereaved families."
"I have directed the local administration to provide prompt and adequate assistance to the injured and the victims. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to grant the departed souls a place at His divine feet and to bestow a speedy recovery upon the injured," Adityanath said on X.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak too condoled the loss of lives in the accident.
"The loss of lives resulting from the road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply tragic and heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences go out to the bereaved families," Maurya said.
