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Finnair to commence daily flights on Delhi- Helisinki route.

A month after the Iceland’s volcanic ash cloud stalled airline operations in Europe, Nordic carrier Finnair has had a good begining May. The airline has planned to increase its frequency to Delhi from six days a week to daily flights by the end of this year. Finnair, which has permissions to fly to only two destinations in India, launched its Delhi – Helsinki route in 2006. Mumbai was added in 2007 but had to discontinue in March 2009 due to low demand. Airline authorities are quite upbeat with signs of increase in demand and are evaluating to resume services on this sector. They are also evaluating the viability of beginning  services to NEW destinations like Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

Emirates Airlines to bring its A380 aircraft to Delhi on July 15, 2010

With an aim to celebrate the launch of the new Terminal 3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi, Emirates Airline has commissioned a special commercial service of the 517-seat A380 offering passengers flying from Delhi to Dubai a one-off opportunity to experience the aircraft’s grandeur.
 
The A380 will operate EK516 on the Dubai-Delhi route on July 15, 2010 departing Dubai at 10:10 am and arrive in Delhi at 14:50 pm. The aircraft will be at the IGI Airport for three hours before it returns to Dubai as EK517 will depart Delhi at 17:50 pm.