Eid-Onam rush: AIE to operate additional flights from Gulf to Mangalore, Kerala

August 7, 2012

Mangalore, August 7: Mangalore Airport is among four others to which the Air India Express (AIE) would operate additional international flights during the upcoming festival season.

The airline decided to introduce over 50 flights in the Middle East sector to meet the rush of passengers during Eid-ul-Fitr and Onam. Most services -to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Doha and Dammam- would be from Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Kochi besides Mangalore. An AIE official said some flights would operate from Chennai and Mumbai.

The AIE would operate flights in the Kozhikode-Dubai-Kozhikode route on August 18 and 25, while another Mangalore- Kozhikode-Dubai-Mangalore flight would fly on September 7.

Additional Kochi-Dubai-Kochi flights would operate on August 8, 15, 18, and September 9. Services in the Thiruvananthapuram-Dubai sector would be on August 8, 13, 15 and September 8 and 14.

Special Kozhikode-Doha-Kozhikode flights would operate on August 25 and September 2 and 9. There would be an additional flight each in Kochi-Abu Dhabi-Kochi route on August 26; in Thiruvanathapuram-Abu Dhabi-Thiruvanathapuram route on August 30 and one in Kozhikode-Abu Dhabi-Kozhikode route on August 15.

An additional Kozhikode-Kochi-Kuwait-Kochi-Kozhikode flight would operate on September 5, the airline said.

The AIE have also decided to operate additional Mumbai-Dammam-Mumbai flights on all Tuesdays and Fridays from August 21 to September 14.

This would have connection flights from Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode. Chennai-Dubai-Chennai flights has started operating from August 2. The flights would operate on all Thursdays till September 13, AIE said.

Normal flights from September

Air India Express expects to resume normal service by September-end, while Air India is likely to operate normally by this month-end.

AIE has been cancelling several flights from Mangalore and from Kerala airports owing to employees' strike. Air India has been cancelling 20% of its services across the country.

“We are re-rostering the 400-odd pilots rejoining duty in phases. We have to make them undergo a series of tests before they are allowed to operate flights independently, as they were off-roster for more than 30 days,” an Air India official said.

The official said that the Kozhikode-Riyadh flight would resume by August 9. He said the Kochi-Riyadh flight was operating normally from August 1.

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Post-Sabarimala pilgrimage drinking party turns fatal in Udupi; youth killed in midnight brawl

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December 15,2025

Udupi, Dec 15: What was meant to be a post-pilgrimage gathering turned tragic in Padukere village of Brahmavar taluk, Udupi district, late Sunday night, when a clash among youths escalated into a fatal assault, leaving one man dead.

The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Santosh Mogaveera, a resident of Padukere.

According to preliminary information, the incident took place during a late-night drinking party involving a group of local youths who had recently returned after completing their pilgrimage to the Sabarimala shrine. An argument reportedly broke out among the group and soon escalated into a violent confrontation.

During the ensuing brawl, Santosh Mogaveera was allegedly assaulted and collapsed at the spot after sustaining serious injuries. He was rushed by local residents to a private hospital in Brahmavar, where doctors declared him dead.

On receiving information, senior police officials, including Brahmavar Circle Inspector Gopikrishna, Kota Police Sub-Inspector Praveen Kumar T, Station ASI Manthesh Jabagoudar, and head constables Pradeep and Ashok, visited the spot and conducted an inspection.

Police have taken four youths into custody in connection with the incident. A case has been registered at the Kota police station, and further investigation is underway to ascertain the exact sequence of events leading to the death.

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