All efforts are on to trace missing fishing boat with 7 fishermen: MP

coastaldigest.com web desk

January 2, 2019

Udupi, Jan 2: All efforts are being made to trace the boat from Malpe with seven fishermen onboard, which went missing off the Goa coast on December 15 last year, according Udupi-Chkkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje.

The boat, Suvarna Tribhuja, had left the Malpe Fisheries Harbour with about 20 other boats for deep sea fishing on December 13.

In a press release issued here, Ms Karandlaje said that the last communication from the missing boat had been traced to a place near Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra. Hence, pressure had also been put on the Maharashtra government to trace the missing boat and the fishermen.

Ms. Karandlaje said that she had spoken to Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Ranjit Patil and also to the Director-General of Police of Maharashtra over telephone and informed them about the missing boat. Chief Secretary of the State T.M. Vijay Bhaskar had already a written to Chief Secretary of Maharashtra Dinesh Kumar Jain on this issue.

She had met the personal secretary of the Union Minister for External Affairs and also sought the help of the Ministry in tracing the boat. She would meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Wednesday on this issue. All possible efforts would be made to trace the missing boat, Ms. Karandlaje said.

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Air India Express brings back Mangaluru–Muscat direct flights from March 2026

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December 15,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 15: Air India Express has announced that it will resume direct flight services between Mangaluru and Muscat from March 2026, restoring an important international air link for passengers from the coastal region.

Airport authorities said the service will operate twice a week—on Sundays and Tuesdays—from March 1. The initial flights are scheduled on March 3, 8 and 10, followed by March 15 and 17, with the same operating pattern to continue thereafter. The flight duration is approximately three hours and 25 minutes.

The Mangaluru–Muscat route was earlier operated under the 2025 summer schedule, with services beginning on July 14. At that time, Air India Express had operated four flights a week before suspending the service.

Officials said the summer schedule will come into effect from March 29, after which changes in flight timings and departure schedules from Mangaluru are expected. Passengers have been advised to check the latest schedules while planning their travel.

The resumption of direct flights to Muscat is expected to significantly benefit expatriates, business travellers and others, further strengthening Mangaluru’s air connectivity with the Gulf region.

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