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Air India Express Flight 1344 was a scheduled international flight on 7 August 2020 from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Kozhikode, India, landing at Calicut International Airport. The flight was part of the Vande Bharat Mission to repatriate Indian nationals stranded due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
As of January 2025, Air India Express serves 53 destinations — 36 in India and 17 international destinations. [1] [2]The state with the most destinations is Kerala with 4, followed by Tamil Nadu & Uttar Pradesh with 3 destinations each.
Air India Express came into existence on 29 April 2005, with the launch of three flights that took off simultaneously from Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode.The airline was launched as a low-cost carrier with the objective of providing convenient connectivity to short-haul international routes in the Middle East and Southeast Asia for the Indian expatriate community.
Air India Express is a subsidiary of Air India, which was sold by the Indian government to Tata Group in January 2022. Since then, the Indian conglomerate has announced plans to merge Air India ...
Air India Express: EXPRESS INDIA India AXD Air Express: AIR SUDEX Sudan BSB Air Wings: ARBAS Moldova BT BTI Air Baltic: AIRBALTIC Latvia ANI Air Atlantic (Nig) Limited: NIGALANTIC Nigeria EL ANK Air Nippon: ANK AIR Japan merged into All Nippon Airways, ICAO code no longer allocated YW ANE Air Nostrum: AIR NOSTRUM Spain PX ANG Air Niugini ...
Air India Express began operations on 29 April 2005 and was initially owned by Air India Charters and operates flights from South India to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. [121] [122] In November 2022, Air India acquired AirAsia's stake in AirAsia India, renamed it into AIX Connect and announced plans to merge it with Air India Express. [123]
Air India commenced operations on 29 July 1946, operating under the Government of India. On 8 June 1948, a Lockheed Constellation L-749A named Malabar Princess operated the airline's first international flight between Mumbai and London Heathrow. [2] As of January 2025, Air India serves a total of 43 international and 49 domestic destinations. [3]
On 4 September 2017, Air India Express Flight IX 452, a Boeing 737-800 which arrived from Abu Dhabi, got stuck in the drain canal while taxiing to the international terminal 3 after landing. Passengers and crew were safely evacuated.