Hyderabad, Oct 20 (PTI) Air India will be operating Airbus A-320 aircraft on the Hyderabad-Kolkata-Hyderabad sector from its winter schedule effecting October 25.

The national carrier is introducing the 145-seater state-of-the-art Fly-by-Wire Airbus A-320 replacing the 68-seater smaller CRJ aircraft on this sector, a release from the airline said here today.

The Air India feels that the introduction of 145-seater aircraft will benefit passengers bound for various destinations, including the north-east.

The Airbus A-320 Flight IC-218/IC-217 will be operating between Hyderabad and Kolkata on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and departs Hyderabad at 1925 hours to arrive Kolkata at 2130 hours while Flight IC-217 leaves Kolkata at 1620 hours and reaches Hyderabad at 1825 hours.

The winter schedule provides same day connections conveniently to various destinations such as Thiruvananthapuram,Madurai, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Goa, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Bhubaneshwar, Patna, Varanasi and Srinagar, release said.