{"id":29696,"date":"2023-03-21T16:28:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T10:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=29696"},"modified":"2023-03-21T16:28:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T10:58:26","slug":"from-march-26-air-india-will-operate-direct-flights-between-pune-and-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/from-march-26-air-india-will-operate-direct-flights-between-pune-and-mumbai\/","title":{"rendered":"From March 26, Air India will operate direct flights between Pune and Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The distance between Pune and Mumbai will be reduced by more than 2.5 hours thanks to Air India&#8217;s new flights, which start on March 26.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In India, the flight from Mumbai to Pune is among the busiest. The daily flights from Pune to Mumbai and the other way around are very advantageous for those who go from Pune to Mumbai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-air-india-flight\">Air India flight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest city in Maharashtra is Mumbai, with Pune coming in second. Pune is known as an IT hub of India since it is home to various small and large businesses with offices and manufacturing facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Air-India-International-Flights-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Air-India-International-Flights-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Air-India-International-Flights-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Air-India-International-Flights-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Air-India-International-Flights-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Air-India-International-Flights-750x497.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Air-India-International-Flights-1140x755.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Air-India-International-Flights.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Air India | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The city lacks international connectivity while being a thriving economic hub due to its poor airport infrastructure. The Indian Air Force and civil passengers both use the runway at<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.puneairport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Pune International Airport.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-air-india-will-start-on-march-26\">Air India will start on March 26<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> The flying movements are under the authority of the Indian Air Force, thus there is little possibility for growth. A serious space constraint would still exist even if the Air Force approved more flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Instead of the three-hour trip from Pune to Mumbai, passengers can now take a one-hour flight. A direct service between the two cities will be run by Air India beginning on March 26.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The flight will be made on the airline&#8217;s revived 9W route using an Airbus A319 aircraft. Travelers from Pune will find it straightforward to visit other nations thanks to the trip to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mumbai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mumbai<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/istockphoto-875531172-612x612-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26117\" width=\"1033\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/istockphoto-875531172-612x612-1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/istockphoto-875531172-612x612-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/istockphoto-875531172-612x612-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1033px) 100vw, 1033px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Air India 787 Dreamliner | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read                   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/emirates-passenger-awarded-12k-after-complaining-about-business-class-service-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emirates Passenger Awarded $12k After Complaining About Business Class Service | Exclusive<\/a>                             <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/15\/pakyong-airport-in-sikkim-resumes-flight-operations-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakyong Airport In Sikkim Resumes Flight Operations | Exclusive<\/a>                              <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/poor-weather-at-delhi-forced-10-planes-to-be-diverted-to-jaipur-and-lucknow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Poor weather at Delhi forced 10 planes to be diverted to Jaipur and Lucknow | Exclusive<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of layovers, all other flights between Pune and Mumbai take between six and 25 hours, making them redundant. Six days a week, barring Saturdays, the flights will run as scheduled. The plane operated by Air India will leave the airport in Pune at 11:20 and land in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mumbai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mumbai <\/a><\/strong>at 12:20. Although reservations for the flights may already be made, the service won&#8217;t start up until March 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are currently no direct flights linking the two cities, despite the fact that the original air service at the Pune airport was started on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.puneairport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pune<\/a><\/strong>-Mumbai route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last one was run by Jet Airlines, which shut down in April 2019. With the restart of its outdated <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.puneairport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pune<\/a><\/strong>-Mumbai route, Air India has become the first airline to offer a direct connection after the Airports Authority of India recently confirmed action on starting services between the airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-flights-will-operate-at-the-below-mentioned-timings\">The flights will operate at the below-mentioned timings:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\"><strong>Nonstop flight from Pune to Mumbai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><ul><li><strong>Departure time: 11:20 am<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Arrival time: 12:20 pm<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Flight time: 1 hour<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Flight number: AI614<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Airbus A319 aircraft with 114 regular Economy Class seats and 8 Business Class seats will operate the flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tariff for the Web Special Economy class to travel from Pune to Mumbai would cost Rs 2237, while the prices for Super Value Economy, Flexi Saver Economy, and Flexible Economy are each Rs 6573 and Rs 11,823, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/air-india_650x400_41468215921.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26111\" width=\"1032\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/air-india_650x400_41468215921.jpg 650w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/air-india_650x400_41468215921-600x369.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/air-india_650x400_41468215921-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1032px) 100vw, 1032px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Air India | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Air India website states that from Mumbai to Pune, Web special economy will cost Rs. 1922, super value economy will cost Rs. 3,423, flexi saver economy will cost Rs. 6258, and flexi economy will cost Rs. 11,508.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay updated with Aviation.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From March 26, Air India will operate direct flights between Pune and Mumbai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7215,7216,7217,7218,6761],"tags":[82,152,392,104,79,2030,393,2767,115,81,1013,1208,251],"class_list":{"0":"post-29696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airline-news","8":"category-aviation-news","9":"category-indian-aviation-news","10":"category-international-aviation-news","11":"category-news","12":"tag-air-india","13":"tag-airlines","14":"tag-airlines-news","15":"tag-airport","16":"tag-aviation","17":"tag-aviation-a2z-news","18":"tag-aviation-news","19":"tag-direct-flight","20":"tag-india","21":"tag-latest-aviation-news","22":"tag-mumbai","23":"tag-mumbai-airport","24":"tag-pune"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29698,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29696\/revisions\/29698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}