Air India will introduce a direct daily flight connecting Ahmedabad with London from December 15, 2015.
This comes after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement during his address at Wembley Stadium in London on Friday.
Air India already operates four frequencies to London – three from Delhi and one from Bombay. The daily flight will be a boon to the 1.5 million-strong Indian Diaspora living in Britain. The new flight will cater to the strong demand of more than 6 lakh Indians from the state of Gujarat, a statement said here today.
With the new flight, passengers from the economic and industrial hub of Gujarat, will not need to change the aircraft at Mumbai.
The flight will operate with a B-787 Dreamliner aircraft, on the route Ahmedabad-Mumbai-London-Mumbai-Ahmedabad.
AI131 will take off from Ahmedabad at 0430 hrs to arrive Mumbai at 0545 hrs, leave Mumbai at 0705 hrs and land at London at 1130 hrs.
On the return leg flight AI130 will leave London at 1330 hrs, arrive at Mumbai at 0400 hrs next day, depart from Mumbai at 0530 hrs and land at Ahmedabad at 0645 hrs, the statement said.