Air India Express expands connections to Northeast India by adding more flights

Air India Express has announced an expansion of its flight services from three key northeastern cities — Guwahati, Agartala, and Imphal — under its winter schedule. As part of its broader plan to enhance winter operations across India, the airline has increased weekly flights from Guwahati to 106, up from 63 last winter.

Guwahati is now directly connected to eight domestic cities: Agartala, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, and Kolkata. Additionally, passengers from Guwahati can access 18 one-stop domestic destinations and six international ones.

In Imphal, Air India Express has boosted its flights to 34 per week, an increase of 20 over last year. Since launching services in Agartala in September 2024, the airline has also raised its weekly flights from 14 to 21, offering direct connections to Guwahati and Kolkata, as well as one-stop service to 11 domestic cities.

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Ankur Garg, Chief Commercial Officer of Air India Express, highlighted that this expansion makes travel more accessible for those wishing to explore the Northeast and enhances Guwahati’s strategic importance as a key link between the region and the rest of India.

With its fleet now exceeding 90 aircraft, Garg emphasised the airline’s readiness to meet the growing demands of emerging Indian cities.

Not just Northeast, Air India Express commenced its a new Kochi-Thiruvananthapuram service on November 23. The flight will depart from Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 7.15 am and will reach Kochi at 8.05 am.

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For return trips, flights from Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram will operate on Mondays and Fridays, with departures at 11 pm and arrivals in Thiruvananthapuram at 11.50 pm. This new service is expected to complement the existing daily flights operated by IndiGo on the Thiruvananthapuram-Kochi route.

Recently, Air India Express said that will expand its international reach and enhance connectivity with a strategic plan to add 20 aircraft to its fleet by the end of the financial year. The airline, which recently concluded the merger of AIX Connect with itself, currently operates a fleet of 90 aircraft. With this new expansion, the fleet size of the carrier will grow to over 110 by March 2025, senior officials confirmed.