Raviprasad Kamila/The Hindu

• Now there are six daily flights to the capital from Mangalore
• Schedules of morning and evening flights changed from Sunday
• Flight-timings are now more passenger friendly

Mangalore, Mar 31: With the Kingfisher Airlines launching another flight between Mangalore and Bangalore on Sunday, the number of daily flights between the two cities has risen to six.

Of them, the Deccan (formerly Air Deccan) operates two flights, Kingfisher Airlines two and Jet Airways two.

The new flight launched by the Kingfisher Airlines departed from Bangalore at 6.30 a.m. and arrived here at 7.30 a.m. It took off from here at 8 a.m. and landed in Bangalore at 8.55 a.m., Kaustav Nath, Mangalore Airport Manager for Kingfisher Airlines Ltd and Deccan, told The Hindu. “The flight will maintain these schedules, henceforth,” he said.

Mr. Nath said that the Kingfisher Airlines had changed the schedule of its evening daily flight between the two cities from Sunday. It would be arriving in Mangalore from Bangalore at 4.30 p.m. and departing at 5.10 p.m. “As per the changed schedule, it will depart from Bangalore at 7.30 p.m. and arrive here at 8.30 p.m. It will take off from here at 9 p.m. and reach Bangalore at 9.55 p.m. It is the last flight between the port city and the State capital city,” he said.

He said that with the introduction of the early morning and late evening flights between the two cities, passengers could return to their home cities the same day, after completing their work. The timings of two flights of the Deccan between the two cities have also been revised from Sunday.

The first morning flight of the Deccan from Bangalore was hitherto arriving here at 9.20 a.m. and departing at 9.35 a.m. Now it will take off from Bangalore at 9 a.m. and land here at 10 a.m. It will depart from here at 10.25 a.m. and reach Bangalore at 11.25 a.m. Another evening flight operated from Deccan, which was arriving here at 4.55 p.m. and departing at 5.30 p.m., will henceforth depart from Bangalore at 4.30 p.m. and arrive here at 5.30 p.m. It will leave from here at 6 p.m. and reach Bangalore at 7 p.m.

Flight to Goa

Mr. Nath said that the Kingfisher Airlines had revised the schedule of its Kozhikode-Mangalore-Goa flight from Sunday. “It will arrive here from Kozhikode at 1.30 p.m. and depart to Goa at 2 p.m. It will land here from Goa at 4.30 p.m. and take off to Kozhikode at 5 p.m.,” he said.