Air India Express has expanded its network by launching the first direct international service from Bengaluru to Abu Dhabi. Bengaluru now serves as the largest station for the airline, with over 200 weekly flights. With the launch of the Bengaluru-Abu Dhabi flight, guests from cities such as Ayodhya, Bagdogra, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Goa, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Pune, Ranchi, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam now have the option to connect conveniently to Abu Dhabi through one-stop itineraries via Bengaluru. Air India Express operates direct flights connecting Abu Dhabi to Bengaluru, Kannur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangaluru, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram and Tiruchirappalli, and connects 17 Indian cities to Abu Dhabi via convenient one-stop itineraries, as per a report.