Mangaluru(TNN): The IndiGo flight service in the Mangaluru-Hubballi sector, which was introduced in May last year, will be discontinued from March 12. Poor passenger load is learnt to be the main reason behind this decision. 

Meanwhile, daily flight service on the Hubballi-Pune sector will be launched soon. An executive said that a flight to Hubballi, the state’s trade centre, and the coastal district, was operating on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

 “The flight had not received the expected passenger load. The same flight that flew from the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) to Hubballi, also flew to Pune from Hubballi on weekends, and to Mysuru on Tuesday and Thursday. Considering various factors, we have decided to discontinue the service,” said an airline executive. 

An ATR flight will fly on the Pune-Hubballi sector, from March 13 onwards.  

Though introducing this service was planned before the Covid-19 pandemic, it finally started on May 1 last year.