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Royal Brunei Airways Returns To India After 20 Years With New Chennai Service
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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Royal Brunei Airways is ready to return to Indian skies after a two-decade hiatus, launching a direct flight service between Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, and Chennai, beginning November 5. This marks the airline’s re-entry into India following the suspension of its Kolkata service after the September 11, 2001, assaults in New York.
The brand new Chennai service will function thrice weekly—on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Tickets shall be accessible for reserving from Monday, August 26, 2024, by the airline’s web site, www.flyRB.com, or by most well-liked journey brokers.
Isha Goyal, CEO of STIC Journey Group and Normal Gross sales Agent for Royal Brunei Airways, highlighted the importance of the Indian diaspora in Brunei, noting that the brand new direct route will facilitate one-stop journey to Australia for leisure, schooling, and household visits, in addition to cater to company and enterprise vacationers to Brunei and the encircling area.
“Based on our initial market feasibility, we evaluated various gateways in India and found the Chennai market to be best suited,” Goyal defined to Businessline.
In 2023, a complete of 1,252 passengers traveled from Chennai to Brunei. Moreover, 16,578 passengers traveled to Melbourne and 22,500 to Incheon, South Korea, through transit airports like Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The brand new Brunei route will provide a handy various for these vacationers beginning in November, Goyal added.
Financial system fares for the Chennai-Brunei-Chennai route shall be ₹27,640, whereas enterprise class fares shall be ₹42,679. The inaugural flight from Bandar Seri Begawan will depart on November 5, with Tuesday and Thursday flights leaving at 20:00 hours and arriving in Chennai at 22:50 hours. The return flight from Chennai will depart at 23:50 hours, reaching Brunei at 07:55 hours the subsequent day. On Saturdays, the flight will go away Brunei at 00:30 hours, arriving in Chennai at 03:20 hours, with the return leg departing at 04:20 hours and arriving again in Brunei at 12:25 hours.
