Birmingham Airport bosses say they are so thrilled at news of more flights to India that they are doing "backward somersaults of joy".
Air India has announced it is increasing its weekly flights to Birmingham from one to six. It is adding two additional weekly services from Birmingham to Amritsar and three new services to Delhi, with the additional flights phased in between October and December.
It means services will come close to the levels seen before Covid-19. During the pandemic, flight frequency between Birmingham and India was reduced from seven to one.
Tom Screen, aviation director for Birmingham Airport, said: “We’re doing backward somersaults of joy at the prospect of increasing our India flight frequency to six a week. So many of our customers want this. We’re thrilled it’s happening.”
Campbell Wilson, chief executive of Air India, said: “Adding frequency and improving connectivity from major Indian cities to more international destinations is a significant focus. It is a clear signal of our intent, and an early step towards a much bigger aspiration.”
The latest move comes 10 months after Air India was bought by the Tata Group. The airline has been leasing new aircraft and working to restore existing narrow-body and wide-body aircraft to its operating fleet.
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