Beating 11.59 deadline: Air India, Vistara advance London departures

NEW DELHI: The two Indian airlines that fly to London — Air India and Vistara — have advanced their Tuesday departures from India so that they can return here before the 11.59 pm deadline for flight suspension from the UK to set in.
Air India has preponed its Mumbai-London flight (AI 131) by over five hours to depart at 2.30 am on Tuesday. It is scheduled to reach London Heathrow at 6.20 am and depart from there at 8.20 am to reach Kochi at 11.35 pm on Tuesday — just before the 11.59 pm Tuesday deadline for passenger flights from UK to land in India (all timings local).
Vistara’s Delhi-London flight will depart at 4 am on Tuesday, 10 hours ahead of its schedule departure time of 2 pm. It is scheduled to return to Delhi at 11 pm on Tuesday.
Both the airlines have informed their passengers about the flight rescheduling.