Akasa Air announced on Thursday the launch of daily direct flights connecting Abu Dhabi with Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, starting from March 1 and 2, 2025 in a press release.
The daily flights from Abu Dhabi to Bengaluru (Flight QP 578) will depart at 10:00 am and arrive in Abu Dhabi at 12:35 pm. On the return leg, Flight QP 577 will depart Abu Dhabi at 3:00 am and arrive in Bengaluru at 8:45 am. Both flights will are non-stop, will operate daily and are set to fly from March 1 and March 2, respectively.
In addition, Akasa Air will introduce direct and daily flights between Ahmedabad and Abu Dhabi from March 1, 2025. Flight QP 580 from Ahmedabad will depart at 10:45 pm and arrive in Abu Dhabi at 1:00 am the next day, while Flight QP 579 will depart Abu Dhabi at 2:50 pm and arrive in Ahmedabad at 7:25 pm.
Bookings for these flights are now open on the Akasa Air website, through the airline’s mobile apps, and on multiple leading online travel agencies (OTAs), the company said.
“We are thrilled to ramp up our network in UAE with the addition of daily direct flights connecting Abu Dhabi with two prominent Indian cities – Bengaluru and Ahmedabad. The expansion is in line with our aim of making air travel accessible for a greater number of Indians by enhancing international air connectivity from the length and breadth of the country. Increased connectivity will also enable us to foster the growing momentum of trade, travel, and economic activity between the two countries,” said Praveen Iyer, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer.
Akasa Air currently connects with 22 domestic and five international cities, namely Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Delhi, Guwahati, Agartala, Pune, Lucknow, Goa, Hyderabad, Varanasi, Bagdogra, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Port Blair, Ayodhya, Gwalior, Srinagar, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Doha (Qatar), Jeddah, Riyadh (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Kuwait City (Kuwait).