HYDERABAD, 14 DECEMBER, 2023 (GPN): Air India Express announces the launch of daily direct flights connecting Mumbai–Dammam and Hyderabad–Dammam. The operations on these routes will commence on January 19, 2024, and flights can now be booked with fares starting at ₹15,312 (BOM-DMM), ₹16,613 (HYD-DMM), SAR 355 (DMM-BOM), and SAR 505 (DMM-HYD) onwards on the airline’s award-winning app, official website airindiaexpress.com, and other major booking platforms. The flight schedule is as follows:

From	To	Flight No	Departure Time	Arrival Time
Mumbai	Dammam	IX  0281	2:55	4:50
Dammam	Mumbai	IX  0282	17:20	23:30
Hyderabad	Dammam	IX  0929	13:40	16:20
Dammam	Hyderabad	IX  0930	5:50	12:35

Commenting on the launch, Ms. Tara Naidu, VP, International Business at Air India Express, said, “Saudi Arabia is a rapidly emerging market with immense potential and promising opportunities. We offer 28 weekly direct flights connecting Dammam with Hyderabad, Kozhikode, Kochi, Mumbai, Mangalore, and Thiruvananthapuram. The new routes will bolster our network, enabling us to provide convenient one-stop itineraries from Dammam to destinations such as Bhubaneswar, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Gwalior, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ranchi, and Visakhapatnam. Additionally, we also operate nine weekly flights each from Jeddah and Riyadh to various destinations in India.”

Air India Express offers daily direct flights connecting Mumbai with eight destinations, including key destinations such as Bhubaneswar, Bengaluru, Dammam, Lucknow and Sharjah. With 15 daily direct flights, the airline connects Hyderabad with 10 destinations across its network, including Amritsar, Bengaluru, Chennai, Goa, Kochi, Lucknow, Visakhapatnam and more.

About Air India Express

Air India Express, is a subsidiary of Air India and a part of the Tata group, operating over 300 flights daily, connecting 30 domestic and 14 international airports, with a fleet of 57 aircraft, comprising 29 Boeing 737s and 28 Airbus A320s. Air India Express invites guests with the proposition to ‘Fly As You Are’, using thoughtfully considered technology to enable flyers to personalise and take charge of their travel experience. The airline offers Gourmair hot meals, comfortable seats, pioneering in-flight experience hub AirFlix, and a host of exclusive loyalty benefits with a sense of unique Indian warmth, on its award-winning digital experience on its mobile app and website, airindiaexpress.com.