Those travelling to and from Pune will soon have an option, while those wanting to enjoy holidays and festivals in Goa will for the first
time get to reach their destination directly through Kingfisher Red which is all set to link Nagpur with Pune and Goa from July 1. Confirming the development, a senior official of Kingfisher Red said, “The airline has finalised plans to link Nagpur with Pune and Goa by introducing the ATR aircraft.
The flight will operate on the Nagpur-Indore-Pune and Goa route and the return flight will operate on Goa-Pune-Indore and Nagpur route.
The flight IT-2801 will take off from Nagpur at 8.10 am and reach Indore at 9.30 am. It will leave Indore at 9.55 am and reach Pune at 11.15 am.
From Pune, it will leave at 12 noon and reach Goa at 1.15 pm. This means that the passengers will reach Pune with one stop at Indore in three hours and Goa in five hours, the official added.
On the return journey, the flight IT-2802 will depart from Goa at 1.45 pm, reach Pune at 3 pm, leave Pune at 4.50 pm and reach Indore at 6.10 am before landing in Nagpur at 8 am. The fares for Goa will start from Rs 9,000 onwards while Pune fares will be from Rs 4,000 onwards, the official added.
Sources at airport said, The Kingfisher Red Pune flight will be another option for travelers to go to Pune as Indigo is already operating a daily Pune flight with a minimum fare of Rs 1,779.
Meanwhile, Kingfisher Red, after withdrawing its regular flights to Mumbai from June 7, recently withdrew its Bangalore services from June 26.
Since the last few months Kingfisher was the only airlines that was operating services to Banglore after Indigo discontinued its operations on the Bangalore route. However, Kingfisher officials said that the Bangalore services were not discontinued, but flights where cancelled till July 15 due to operational reasons. The flights will restart from July 16, the official assured.