BMI begins London to Amritsar flight
Sunday, 16/10/2011
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The British Midland International (BMI), the second largest airline at London Heathrow, today launched its direct service between London and Amritsar.
The British Midland International (BMI), the second largest airline at London Heathrow, today launched its direct service between London and Amritsar.
The inaugural flight landed at Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport, Amritsar, at around 3 am today with 150 passengers aboard. BMI CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer accompanied the first guests in the inaugural flight from London (BD991).
The return flight to London took off from the airport about an hour later. The thrice-a-week flight from Amritsar to London will be on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. From London, it will be on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. BMI’S Amritsar-London service is operated on a modern, wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft. It accommodates 232 passengers and is configured with 36 business class and 196 economy class seats.
The economy class return fares start from just Rs 38,091, including taxes.
The approximate travel time from Amritsar to London is 12 hours while from London to Amritsar it is 11 hours 35 minutes, which includes a brief stop-over in Almaty, Kazhakastan, without changing aircraft.
The flight will depart from Amritsar at 4.10 am while on return journey it will arrive in the holy city at 2.45 am.
However, according to the BMI, this schedule is applicable from October 31, i.e. the start of the upcoming winter schedule.
Until October 30, the departure and arrival time varies slightly.
• The flight will operate from Amritsar on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday and from London on Monday, Thursday and Saturday
• The flight (Airbus A330-200 aircraft) will accommodate 232 passengers with 36 business and 196 economy class seats
• The flight will depart from Amritsar at 4.10 am. On its return journey, it will arrive in the holy city at 2.45 am
