Air Sahara to operate flights to Kuala Lumpur from 19 March

13 Mar 2007

Kochi: Domestic carrier Air Sahara is set to begin operations to Kuala Lumpur from March 19. Malaysia will be Air Sahara's fifth international destination after Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore and Maldives.

The Delhi-Kuala Lumpur flight is also scheduled to fly to Singapore on its return trip to Delhi.

Sahara launched a daily Thiruvananthapuram-Male (Maldives) flight from 10 March and also offers connections to the destination from Delhi and Kochi.

Meanwhile, airline officials also said that they hope to receive government clearance to start services to West Asia by January 2008. They pointed out that the three-year restriction imposed by the government for private airlines to operate services to the Gulf sector ends by December this year.