The Dubai-based airline has launched eight flights-a-week service to Bangalore, marking its fifth footprint in the South and eighth in the Indian skies.
BANGALORE: Dubai-based Emirates Airline has launched eight flights-a-week service to Bangalore, marking its fifth footprint in the South and eighth in the Indian skies.
The first flight EK 516, an Airbus A330-200 aircraft, touched down at the Bangalore airport on Sunday evening.
In an expansion drive in India, Emirates, wholly-owned by the Dubai government, has already commenced services to Thiruvananthapuram and Kolkata and added capacity to its Kochi, Chennai and Delhi routes earlier this year.
Emirates currently operates 71 flights a week to India, its second largest destination after UK with 91 flights, Company's Senior Vice-President Commercial Operations, West Asia and Indian Ocean, Nabil Sultan, said.
Southern region commands 39 flights to Chennai, Hyderabad, Cochin, Thiruvananthapuram and Bangalore. The new service links Bangalore to Emirates key Middle-East cities, apart from North American and European cities, he said.
Nabil said in an attempt to facilitate travel for the city's corporates, the airline had simplified visa procedures for passengers visiting or transiting through Dubai by launching the Dubai Visa Processing Centre (DVPC).
With the opening of DVPC, travellers flying on Emirates from Bangalore to Dubai or points beyond can obtain a Visit Visa (59 days) or Transit Visa (96 hours) with Emirates as their sponsor, he said adding this significantly reduces the visa processing time as travellers are no longer required to locate a UAE based sponsor.
An electronic Visa is granted to the applicants in three or less days, subject to passengers meeting the required eligibility criteria with all documentation in order.
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