Pune: The long-standing demand to have a direct flight between the two important cities of Maharashtra, Pune and Mumbai, is about to be completed eventually. Air India will commence the direct flight from March 26. The direct flight will reduce the usual travelling time from three hours to one hour between the two metro cities.
๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐๐ป๐ฒ-๐ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น
Interestingly, there was no direct flight between these two bustling cosmopolitan cities. Air India became the first operator to have a direct flight. Though there are few flights, they happen to be connecting flights between the cities and take more than four hours to reach the destination.
Thus, the travellers preferred to travel via road or railways to reach the destination as it saved their time. Apparently, Jet Airways had a flight between these two cities, but it ceased its operations in 2019.
๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ, ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป
"An Airbus A319 will travel on the airline's resurrected 9W route during the tripโ, said the Air India website.
The flights will operate according to the present timetable of six days a week, except on Saturdays. Air India's aircraft will depart from Pune airport at 11:20 am and arrive in Mumbai at 12:20 am.
The bookings for the same have been started.
Despite Pune being a most sought-after city, a direct flight with Mumbai eluded it for years. However, the announcement by Air India will give some respite to Punekars, who frequently travel to the capital city for work or other purposes.
๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐
Pune-Mumbai: Departure time: 11:20 am and Arrival time: 12:20 pm
Fare: Economy: โน2,237 and Business class: โน18,467
(To receive our E-paper on WhatsApp daily, please click here.ย ย To receive it on Telegram, please click here. We permit sharing of the paper's PDF on WhatsApp and other social media platforms.)
