Air India Express will continue with two daily flights between Mangaluru and Bengaluru and one daily flight to Mumbai. File Photo: Special Arrangement
Mangaluru will have one more daily flight service to Delhi, which will be the third one, the port city (Mangaluru) will have a new thrice in a week flight service to Thiruvananthapuram and there will be more weekly flight connections to Dammam, Doha, Kuwait, Jeddah and Bahrain during the winter schedule – 2025 of airlines which will come into effect from Sunday (October 26, 2025).
According to Mangaluru International Airport (IXE), operated by Mangaluru International Airport Ltd., Air India Express and IndiGo operating from IXE have firmed up their operation plans for the schedule that will continue until March 28, 2026.
Mangaluru-Delhi flights
The airport said in a release on Saturday (October 25), that Air India Express, will introduce its second daily flight between Mangaluru and Delhi (IX 1781/IX 1782) from October 27 to supplement its existing flight (IX 1275/IX 1276) between Delhi and Mangaluru. IndiGo is currently operating a daily flight on the same sector. Hence there will be three daily flights between the port city and the national capital from October 27.
Air India Express will continue with two daily flights between Mangaluru and Bengaluru and one daily flight to Mumbai.
| Airline | Departure | Arrival | Schedule |
| IXE-DEL (IX 1781) | 12:30 | 15:25 | Daily |
| DEL-IXE (IX 1782) | 16:15 | 19:10 | Daily |
IXE – Mangaluru, DEL -Delhi (Source: Mangaluru International Airport)
Mangaluru-Thirvananthapuram service
The Air India Express, in a first, has also announced three weekly direct flights from Mangaluru to Thiruvananthapuram, starting from October 27. While flight IX 5531 will operate from Mangaluru to Thiruvananthapuram on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, flight IX 5532 will operate from Thiruvananthapuram to Mangaluru on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
| Airline | Departure | Arrival | Schedule |
| IXE-TRV (IX 5531) | 09:15 | 10:35 | Mon-Wed-Fri |
| TRV-IXE (IX 5532) | 04:25 | 05:45 | Tue-Thu-Sat |
IXE – Mangaluru, TRV- Thiruvananthapuram (Source: Mangaluru International Airport)
International sector
On the international front, Air India Express will operate from Mangaluru two daily flights to Dubai six days a week and one flight to Dubai every Tuesday; one daily flight to Abu Dhabi; five per week flights to Dammam; and three per week to Bahrain, Doha, Jeddah and Kuwait respectively. The airline has increased its weekly frequency to Dammam and Doha by one flight each from the current four and two respectively. It added two more weekly flights to Bahrain, Kuwait and Jeddah from the current one weekly it operates.
The airline will use the Boeing 737-8 and 737-800NG aircraft for operations.
IndiGo will operate one daily flight to Abu Dhabi and four weekly flights to Dubai.
Other domestic sector
Domestically, IndiGo will operate six daily flights to Bengaluru, three to Mumbai, two to Hyderabad, and one each to Delhi and Chennai. The airline will deploy 72-seater ATR aircraft to Hyderabad and Chennai, and narrow-bodied Airbus A-320/321 aircraft to the other three domestic destinations.
The augmentation during the Winter Schedule ‘25 is expected to enhance regional connectivity, support tourism, and cater to the growing demand for air travel during the winter season, the airport said.
Published – October 25, 2025 04:58 pm IST
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