The disinvestment-bound national carrier Air India will deploy a 256-seater Boeing 787-800 on the New Delhi-Tel Aviv route that will be launched from Thursday.
Air India had on March 7 announced a tri-weekly flights to Tel Aviv from March 22, after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced that Saudi Arabia had allowed India to fly over its territory.
It will deploy a 256-seater Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft on the new route, the airline said today.
Air India will fly over Oman, Saudi Arabia and Jordan to reach Israel, taking seven hours to the destination, making it the fastest air route between the two countries.
The duration of the flight between New Delhi and Tel Aviv will be around two hours shorter than the time taken by Israel's national carrier El Al, which has direct flights between Tel Aviv and Mumbai, Air India said in the statement.
The national carrier had planned to launch the service last May, but that did not happen after some countries denied use of their airspace for flights to Israel.
Air India had on March 7 announced a tri-weekly flights to Tel Aviv from March 22, after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced that Saudi Arabia had allowed India to fly over its territory.
It will deploy a 256-seater Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft on the new route, the airline said today.
Air India will fly over Oman, Saudi Arabia and Jordan to reach Israel, taking seven hours to the destination, making it the fastest air route between the two countries.
The duration of the flight between New Delhi and Tel Aviv will be around two hours shorter than the time taken by Israel's national carrier El Al, which has direct flights between Tel Aviv and Mumbai, Air India said in the statement.
The national carrier had planned to launch the service last May, but that did not happen after some countries denied use of their airspace for flights to Israel.
Delhi-Tel Aviv Flight: Air India Delhi-Tel Aviv thrice weekly nonstop from March 22 - Times of India https://t.co/c627eZVRB5— Jayant Sinha (@jayantsinha) March 7, 2018
Air India confirms its Israel flights over Saudi Arabia will start next week https://t.co/1L2KSTZpAg pic.twitter.com/grQunV72AP— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) March 16, 2018
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