Home Transport Aviation Air India Express launches services to Dubai and Sharjah The budget carrier has launched new services from Tiruchirappalli to Dubai and Chandigarh to Sharjah by Staff Writer October 16, 2016 Air India Express, the budget subsidiary of Air India, has launched non-stop services from Tiruchirappalli to Dubai and Chandigarh to Sharjah. The Dubai service is daily, while passengers to Sharjah will be able to fly on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Flight IX-611 departs from Tiruchirappalli at 12:55am and reaches Dubai at 3:45am. The return flight IX-612 departs Dubai at 6:25pm and reaches Tiruchirappalli at 12:05am. The Sharjah flight IX-187 leaves Chandigarh at 6:15pm and arrives at Sharjah at 8:00pm. The return flight IX-188 leaves at 12:45pm and arrives in Chandigarh at 5:15pm. Air India Express also launched a service between Tiruchirappalli and Sharjah last month. In January, Air India cancelled its service from Kochi to Sharjah route in favour of a route to Dubai. Read: Air India cancels Sharjah-Kochi route, begins Dubai-Kochi service 0 Comments