Israel's Arkia Airlines to introduce direct flights to two Indian cities

Israel's Arkia Airlines will introduce direct flights to two Indian cities -- Goa and Kochi from September 2019. Company officials said Arkia will operate the new flights from September 2019 onwards using recently acquired Airbus 321 neo LR. 

Flights will take about seven hours and will operate throughout the year, except during the monsoon season in India. 

The Israeli airlines' decision came after India's



national-carrier Air India last year introduced direct flights between Delhi and Tel Aviv.

  

The flight to Goa will take off on Tuesdays, while there will be two weekly flights to Kochi taking off on Mondays and Fridays in September-October, and on Sundays and Thursdays starting on October 27. 

The airlines' representatives said that the sale of tickets for the flights will begin on March 24.