THE LONG cherished dreams of south coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh have become true from October 30. Air India has announced that it will operate Airbus 319 with a capacity of 122 passengers from Vijayawada (Gannavaram) to Delhi from the 30th of this month. It will be a daily flight, and will be run via Hyderabad on all days of a week but timings on Tuesday will be changed.

The south coastal districts of Krishna, Guntur, West Godavari districts have a huge NRI population in North America and Europe. They have to reach Vijayawada after getting down from their international flights in Delhi or Hyderabad with some struggle. Now, the newly introduced Air India flight will bring travelers to Vijayawada without changing the flight.

On all days, except Tuesdays, the Air India flight at Delhi will take off at 12.55 p.m., reach Hyderabad at 3.05, and will start for Hyderabad at 3.50 p.m. and reach Vijayawada at 4. 30 p.m. The flight would take off from Vijayawada at 5.05 p.m., from Hyderabad at 7.10 p.m. and it would reach Delhi at 9.20 p.m. On Tuesdays the flight will take off from Delhi at 1.35 p.m. and reach Hyderabad at 3.35 p.m. and starting from Hyderabad at 4.05 it will reach Vijayawada at 4.50 p.m. and depart from Vijayawada at 5.35 p.m. But Hyderabad to Delhi timings will be the same.

The minimum fare from Vijayawada to Hyderabad is Rs. 1,885 and Rs. 6,875 from Vijayawada to Delhi. The tickets can be got from Air India office on M.G. Road behind Indian Bank or through any travel agent. The Air India flight from Vijayawada will also connect several domestic destinations like Mumbai and overseas flights at Hyderabad and Delhi to Dubai, Muscat, London, New York, Newark and Europe. One can be had more information by dialing 0866-2470288, 2472218.