New routes to Singapore and Bali
Akasa Air connects Mumbai with Hanoi
New routes to Singapore and Bali
Akasa Air connects Mumbai with Hanoi
May 1st, 2026. China Eastern will be relaunching two routes to Southeast Asia towards the end of June. The first one onto the runway will be a daily service between Nanjing and Singapore, which will take off on June 20th.
Flight number MU7705 will depart from Nanjing Lukou International Airport at 10:45 and will arrive at Changi Airport, Singapore at 16:25. The return trip, flight number MU7706, will leave Singapore at 17:30 and land back in Nanjing at 23:20.
The flight duration will be approximately five hours and forty-five minutes in each direction, and the route will be served by Airbus A320 Neo aircraf
Beijing to Bali
This will be followed five days later with a service linking Beijing and Bali, which will commence on June 25th. The flight will operate three times a week, departing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Flight number MU889 will take off from Beijing Daxing International Airport at 15:30 and touch down at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali at 23:30. The return leg, flight number MU890, will depart from Denpasar at 00:30 on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and will arrive back in Beijing at 07:40.
An Airbus A330-300 aircraft will serve the route, and the journey time will be eight hours for the outbound flight and a little over seven hours for the return.
Mumbai to Hanoi
Indian low-cost carrier, Akasa Air, has lined up a new route connecting Mumbai with the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi. The service will operate four times a week on Sundays, Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays starting from September 4th.
Flight number QP625 will depart from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, at 05:35 and arrive at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport at 12:00. The return journey, flight number QP626, will leave Hanoi at 13:30 and will arrive back in Mumbai at 17:10.
The journey will last about five hours in each direction, and the flight will be served by Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.
Akasa Air’s website was down when I checked, but Skyscanner listed a few agents.
Picture: Singapore Central Business District ©David Sutton/themangoroad.com
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