Bangalore, 15 December: 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.
