India has fairly extensive direct air connections to all the continents (ca 55 countries) except South and Central America where currently no direct flights are available from India. Around 80 international airlines fly presently to India. Air India (incl. Air India Express, a low-cost regional carrier),
India's national airline, flies to destinations in Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and North America. Jet Airways, a private Indian airline, flies to regional destinations including Kathmandu, Bangkok, Colombo, Singapore, Riyadh, Damman, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait, Muscat and Sharjah in addition to serving long-haul destinations including London, Amsterdam, Paris and Toronto. Spicejet serves South Asian destinations while IndiGo, another Indian low-cost carrier, serves regional destinations including Dubai, Muscat, Kathmandu, Singapore and Bangkok. GoAir commenced international air services in Oct '18 initially serving Phuket and Malé.
The main international gateway airports in India are located at Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad. Other airports having international flights include Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Mangaluru, Madurai, Coimbatore, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Kozhikode in the southern region - Goa, Pune and Ahmedabad in western India - Varanasi, Amritsar, Lucknow and Jaipur in northern India - Nagpur in central India and Bhubaneswar, Gaya and Guwahati in eastern India. Kerala's fourth international airport at Kannur began commercial operations on Dec 9 '18.
Recently Launched New Air Routes to India
Announced New Air Routes to India
Potential/Pre-announced New Passenger Air Routes to India
From North America | |
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United flies daily from Newark to both Delhi and Mumbai. |
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Air Canada operates a daily nonstop service between Toronto and Delhi using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft and flies 6xweekly from Vancouver to Delhi. The Delhi-Vancouver route will be served year-round and daily wef Jun 2 '19. The airline's Toronto to Mumbai service will operate 4xweekly until Mar '19 and thereafter operate as a seasonal (winter) nonstop 4xweekly service from Toronto to Mumbai wef Oct 27 '19. Air Canada operate the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft with 40 business, 24 Premium Economy and 236 Econeomy seats on the Toronto to Mumbai service. |
From Europe | |
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Aeroflot flies 2xdaily from Moscow (Sheremetyevo) to Delhi. |
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Air France flies from Paris CDG to Delhi (daily) and Bengaluru (6xweekly). The earlier Mumbai service is operated by Joon. |
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Alitalia flies daily from Rome to Delhi. |
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British Airways flies from London to Bengaluru (daily), Chennai (daily), Delhi (2xdaily), Mumbai (2xdaily incl. a daily Boeing 787-9 service) and Hyderabad (daily). |
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Brussels Airlines operates a 6xweekly nonstop service between Brussels and Mumbai. The air service will be withdrawn wef Jan 7 '19. |
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Finnair operates a daily nonstop air service from Helsinki to Delhi. |
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Joon, an Air France subsidiary, operates a daily service from Paris CDG to Mumbai. |
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KLM flies daily from Amsterdam to Delhi and 4xweekly to Mumbai. |
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Lufthansa flies daily from Frankfurt to Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi (Airbus A380) and Mumbai. Lufthansa also offers daily flights from Munich to both Delhi and Mumbai (Airbus A350 wef Mar 31 '19). Lufthansa also uses Airbus A350 equipment on the Munich-Delhi sector, the airline's inaugural route for this aircraft type. The Frankfurt to Chennai service is operated by Lufthansa CityLine. Lufthansa also offers a 4xweekly service from Frankfurt to Pune air route with a technical stop at Baku. The Pune service will be operated at least till Feb 4. |
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Swiss International flies daily from Zurich to both Mumbai and Delhi. |
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Virgin Atlantic flies daily from London to Delhi. |
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WOW air, an Icelandic low-cost carrier, operates a number of long-haul and regional flights to destinations in Europe and North America from its base at Keflavík Airport close to the capital city of Reykjavík. The airline began operating a thrice weekly air service to Delhi in Dec '18. The frequency of the service is planned to be increased by two weekly flights to a total of 5xweekly flights wef May 17. |
From CIS Countries | |
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Air Astana flies daily from Almaty to Delhi and 3xweekly from Astana to Delhi. |
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Avia Traffic Company operates a biweekly air service from Bishkek to Delhi. |
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Tajik Air flies 2xweekly from Dushanbe to Delhi. |
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Turkmenistan flies 5xweekly from Ashgabat to Amritsar and 3xweekly to Delhi. |
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Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flies 5xweekly from Kiev to Delhi. |
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Uzbekistan Airways serves Delhi 6xweekly and Amritsar 4xweekly from Tashkent. Four of these flights are combined services to both Amritsar and Delhi. The airline also flies 3xweekly from Tashkent to Mumbai. |
From Central and West Asia | |
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Air Arabia flies 2xdaily from Sharjah to Delhi, Kochi and Mumbai, daily to Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kozhikode, Jaipur and Chennai, 2xdaily to Thiruvananthapuram, 4xweekly to Nagpur and 5xweekly to both Coimbatore and Goa. |
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Ariana Afghan Airlines operates 3xweekly flights from Kabul (1xweekly via Kandahar) to Delhi. |
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This low-cost Bahrain based airline flies 4xweekly from Bahrain to both Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram and 5xweekly to both Kochi and Kozhikode. |
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El Al flies 4xweekly from Tel Aviv to Mumbai. |
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Emirates flies 3xdaily from Dubai to Chennai, 4xdaily to Delhi, 3xdaily to Hyderabad, 2xdaily to Kochi, 5xdaily (incl. 1 daily A380) to Mumbai, 11xweekly to Thiruvananthapuram, 11xweekly to Kolkata, 3xdaily to Bengaluru and 10xweekly to Ahmedabad. Emirates currently operates 172 weekly flights between Dubai and 9 destinations in India. |
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Etihad flies from Abu Dhabi to Bengaluru (3xdaily), Chennai (3xdaily), Mumbai (3xdaily), Delhi (3xdaily), Thiruvananthapuram (2xdaily), Hyderabad (3xdaily), Kochi (3xdaily), Kozhikode (2xdaily), Kolkata (daily) and Ahmedabad (2xdaily). Etihad carried 666 000 passengers on its India services during the last quarter of 2016. The carrier operates a total of 175 weekly flights to ten destinations in India. |
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flydubai, a low-cost carrier based in Dubai, offers flights from Dubai to Ahmedabad (2xweekly), Delhi (5xweekly), Chennai (3xweekly), Hyderabad (5xweekly), Lucknow (3xweekly), Thiruvananthapuram (3xweekly), Kochi (4xweekly) and Mumbai (5xweekly). |
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flynas, a Saudi Arabian LCC, flies 2xweekly from Riyadh to Hyderabad. |
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Gulf Air flies from Bahrain to Chennai (10xweekly), Delhi (2xdaily), Hyderabad (9xweekly), Kochi (daily), Mumbai (2xdaily) and Thiruvananthapuram (daily). |
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Iran Air flies 2xweekly from Tehran to Mumbai. |
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Iraqi Airways flies 2xweekly from Baghdad (1xweekly via Basra) to Delhi and 1/2xweekly from Najaf and Baghdad to Mumbai. Ahmedabad is connected to Najaf 2xweekly. |
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Jazeera Airways, a low cost carrier based in Kuwait operates a daily services from Kuwait to both Mumbai and Hyderabad, 3xweekly to Ahmedabad and 4xweekly to Kochi. |
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Kam Air, a private Afghan airline, operates a daily service from Kabul to Delhi. |
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Kuwait Airways flies from Kuwait to Mumbai (2xdaily), Kochi (3xweekly), Chennai (5xweekly), Thiruvananthapuram (6xweekly), Delhi (daily) and Ahmedabad (3xweekly). |
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Mahan Air flies 3xweekly from Tehran to Delhi. |
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Oman Air flies from Muscat to Bengaluru (2xdaily), Chennai (2xdaily), Delhi (3xdaily), Goa (daily), Hyderabad (21xweekly), Jaipur (daily), Kochi (2xdaily), Kozhikode (3xdaily), Lucknow (2xdaily), Mumbai (3xdaily) and Thiruvananthapuram (daily). |
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Qatar Airways flies daily from Doha to Ahmedabad, Delhi (2xdaily), Chennai (daily), Mumbai (daily), Kolkata (daily), Nagpur (daily), Thiruvananthapuram (daily), Hyderabad (daily), Kochi (11xweekly), daily to Kozhikode, Amritsar (daily), Goa (daily) and daily to Bengaluru. |
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Saudi Arabian Airlines flies from Riyadh to Delhi (6xweekly), Bengaluru (2xweekly), Mumbai (5xweekly), Chennai (3xweekly), Kochi (6xweekly), Kozhikode (3xweekly), Hyderabad (3xweekly), Lucknow (3xweekly) and Thiruvananthapuram (3xweekly) - from Jeddah to Delhi (daily), Mumbai (daily), Chennai (3xweekly), Kochi (9xweekly), Kozhikode (4xweekly), Hyderabad (3xweekly), Bengaluru (1xweekly), Lucknow (4xweekly) and Thiruvananthapuram (2xweekly) - from Damman to Chennai (1xweekly), Kochi (1xweekly), Bengaluru (1xweekly) - from Madinah via Riyadh to Mumbai (3xweekly) |
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Turkish Airlines flies daily from Istanbul to both Delhi and Mumbai. |
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Yemenia operates a weekly air service from Aden to Mumbai. |
From Africa | |
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Air Austral connects Chennai 2xweekly with Saint Denis (Réunion) and Bangkok. |
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Air Mauritius flies from Mauritius to Bengaluru/Chennai (2xweekly), Delhi (2/3 weekly) and Mumbai (4/5 weekly). |
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Air Seychelles serves Mumbai 5xweekly from Mahe. |
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EgyptAir flies 4xweekly from from Cairo to Mumbai. |
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Ethiopian Airlines flies 2xdaily from Addis Ababa to Mumbai and 9xweekly to Delhi. |
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Kenya Airways flies 12xweekly from Nairobi to Mumbai. |
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RwandAir operates a 4xweekly nonstop air service from Kigali to Mumbai served by Boeing 737-800 aircraft. |
From South Asia | |
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Bhutan Airlines flies 4xweekly from Paro and Bangkok to Kolkata, 2xweekly from Paro to Delhi via Kathmandu and 3xweekly from Paro to Bangkok via Gaya (seasonal). |
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Biman Bangladesh Airlines flies 12xweekly from Dhaka to Kolkata and 2xweekly from Chattogram to Kolkata. |
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Buddha Air operates a twice weekly air service using ATR 42 aircraft from Kathmandu to Varanasi. |
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Druk Air (Royal Bhutan Airlines), Bhutan's national airline, flies from Paro to Guwahati, Delhi (some flights operate via Kathmandu), Kolkata (10xweekly), Gaya (seasonal) and Bagdogra. Guwahati is be connected 2xweekly to Singapore and Paro. Kolkata is connected 3xweekly with Bangkok. Drukair also flies from Guwahati to Paro and Bangkok. |
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Maldivian flies daily from Malé International Airport to Thiruvananthapuram and 4xweekly to Chennai (and onwards to Dhaka) and 2xweekly from Hanimaadhoo to Thiruvananthapuram. |
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MAI flies 3xweekly (seasonally) from Yangon to Gaya and 2xweekly to Kolkata. |
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Nepal Airlines flies 2xdaily from Kathmandu to Delhi and 3xweekly to both Mumbai and Bengaluru. |
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Novoair operates a daily service from Kolkata to Dhaka. |
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Regent Airways flies 10xweekly from Dhaka to Kolkata and daily from Chattogram to Kolkata. |
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SriLankan Airlines flies 11xweekly from Colombo to Bengaluru, Gaya (seasonal), Chennai (20xweekly), Delhi (11xweekly), Kochi (2xdaily), Kolkata (4xweekly), Madurai (daily), Mumbai (daily), Tiruchirappalli (2xdaily), Thiruvananthapuram (daily), Varanasi (2xweekly), Hyderabad (daily) and Coimbatore (4xweekly). |
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US-Bangla Airlines flies daily from both Dhaka (daily) and Chattogram (6xweekly) to Kolkata. |
From the Far East, Southeast Asia and Australasia | |
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AirAsia flies from Kuala Lumpur to the following Indian destinations: Bengaluru (4xweekly), Bhubaneswar (4xweekly), Chennai (2xdaily), Hyderabad (daily), Kochi (18xweekly increased to 21xweekly Jan 2 '19 thru Mar 30 '19), Kolkata (daily), Tiruchirappalli (24xweekly) and Visakhapatnam (4xweekly). Thai AirAsia flies 5xweekly from Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Bengaluru, 3xweekly to Bhubaneswar, 5xweekly to Chennai, 4xweekly to Gaya (seasonal service till Mar 29), 4xweekly to Jaipur, daily to Kochi, daily to Kolkata, 4xweekly to Tiruchirappalli and 4xweekly to Visakhapatnam. AirAsia X flies 4xweekly from Kuala Lumpur to Delhi, 3xweekly to Jaipur and 4xweekly to Amritsar. All three services are nonstop. |
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Air China flies 5xweekly from Beijing to Delhi and 4xweekly to from Beijing to Mumbai. |
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All Nippon Airways (ANA) operates daily services from Tokyo Narita airport to both Delhi and Mumbai. |
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Asiana Airlines flies daily from Seoul's Incheon International airport to Delhi. |
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Bangkok Airways flies daily from Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi) to Mumbai. |
| Batik Air operates a daily air service from Denpasar Bali via Kuala Lumpur to Chennai. Batik Air's second route to India connects Medan daily with Chennai via Kuala Lumpur. |
| Cathay Pacific flies 2xdaily from Hong Kong to Delhi, 13xweekly to Mumbai, daily to Chennai and 4xweekly from Hong Kong to Hyderabad. |
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China Airlines flies 2xweekly from Taipei to Delhi. |
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China Eastern flies daily from Shanghai/Beijing to Delhi and 8xweekly from Kunming, the capital of China's Yunnan province to Kolkata. |
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China Southern, China's largest airline, flies twice daily from Guangzhou (Canton) to Delhi. |
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Cathay Dragon flies daily from Hong Kong to Bengaluru and 6xweekly to Kolkata. |
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Garuda Indonesia operates a 3xweekly nonstop service connecting Denpasar with Mumbai. |
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Japan Airlines operates a daily Boeing 787 Dreamliner service from Tokyo Narita to Delhi. |
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Korean Air flies thrice weekly from Seoul/Incheon airport to Mumbai and 5xweekly to Delhi. |
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Malaysia Airlines flies from Kuala Lumpur to Bengaluru (12xweekly), Chennai (2xdaily), Delhi (10xweekly), Hyderabad (daily) and Mumbai (17xweekly). |
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Malindo Air flies from Kuala Lumpur to Amritsar (5xweekly), Bengaluru (2xweekly), Delhi (11xweekly), Kochi (7xweekly), Kolkata (5xweekly), Mumbai (8xweekly), Thiruvananthapuram (4xweekly) and Tiruchirappalli (2xdaily). |
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NokScoot, a Thailand based LCC plans to introduce a 4xweekly service from its base at Don Mueang airport, Bangkok to Delhi wef Dec 18 using Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. |
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Scoot flies from Singapore to Amritsar 3xweekly, daily to Chennai, daily to Bengaluru, 6xweekly to Hyderabad, 4xweekly to Jaipur, 4xweekly to Kochi, 3xweekly to Lucknow and 2xdaily to Tiruchirappalli. The services to Bengaluru and Chennai will be taken over by Silk Air/Singapore Airlines in May '19 and May '20 respectively. Service to Kochi will be discontinued by Scoot and served by Silk Air. The Singapore to Thiruvananthapuram route (5xweekly) served by Silk Air will be operated by Scoot wef May 9. Likewise the Singapore to Coimbatore (5xweekly) route served by Silk Air will be replace by Scoot wef Oct 27. |
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Shandong Airlines operates two bi-weekly services from Qingdao and Jinan to Delhi, both flights via Kunming. |
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Silk Air flies from Singapore to Chennai (3xweekly), Bengaluru (5xweekly), Kolkata (4xweekly), Thiruvananthapuram (5xweekly, discontinued wef May '19), Kochi (12xweekly - to be increased to 14xweekly wef Oct 27), Hyderabad (10xweekly), 4xweekly to Coimbatore and 3xweekly to Visakhapatnam. The services to Coimbatore and Visakhapatnam will be taken over by Scoot in Oct '19. Silk Air will be merged with Singapore Airlines. |
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Singapore Airlines flies 4xweekly from Singapore to Ahmedabad, daily to Bengaluru (10xweekly wef May 17), daily to Chennai, 2xdaily (incl. 1 daily A380) to Delhi, 4xweekly to Kolkata and 2xdaily (incl. a daily Airbus A350 service) to Mumbai. |
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Thai Airways flies from Bangkok to Bengaluru (daily), Kolkata (daily), Chennai (daily), Delhi (19xweekly), Mumbai (daily) and Hyderabad (5xweekly). |
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Thai Lion Air operates a 5xweekly service from Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Mumbai. |
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Thai Smile Air flies from Bangkok to 3xweekly to Gaya (via Varanasi), 3xweekly to Jaipur, 3xweekly to Lucknow, 5xweekly to Mumbai and 3xweekly to Varanasi. |