Air India Express (IX)
An at-a-glance profile of Air India Express, the active carrier registered in India under IATA code IX. Includes its callsign, ICAO identifier, and a sample of routes filed under this code.
Carrier facts
- Legal/common name: Air India Express
- Country of registration: India
- ATC callsign: EXPRESS INDIA
- ICAO code: AXB
Air India Express is one of 983 active airlines indexed in this directory. The route sample below comes straight from the OpenFlights routes table. Treat it as a snapshot rather than a complete schedule. It still gives a clear picture of where the carrier flies and which airports it concentrates on.
Route sample
Up to 60 routes filed under IX. Each row links to both endpoints' airport pages and to a dedicated route page.
| From | To | Route | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAN | Al Ain, United Arab Emirates | CCJ | Calicut, India | AAN→CCJ |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | CCJ | Calicut, India | AUH→CCJ |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | COK | Kochi, India | AUH→COK |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | MCT | Muscat, Oman | AUH→MCT |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | TRV | Trivandrum, India | AUH→TRV |
| BAH | Bahrain, Bahrain | DOH | Doha, Qatar | BAH→DOH |
| BAH | Bahrain, Bahrain | IXE | Mangalore, India | BAH→IXE |
| BOM | Mumbai, India | CCJ | Calicut, India | BOM→CCJ |
| BOM | Mumbai, India | COK | Kochi, India | BOM→COK |
| BOM | Mumbai, India | DOH | Doha, Qatar | BOM→DOH |
| BOM | Mumbai, India | IXE | Mangalore, India | BOM→IXE |
| BOM | Mumbai, India | MAA | Madras, India | BOM→MAA |
| BOM | Mumbai, India | TRV | Trivandrum, India | BOM→TRV |
| CCJ | Calicut, India | AAN | Al Ain, United Arab Emirates | CCJ→AAN |
| CCJ | Calicut, India | AUH | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | CCJ→AUH |
| CCJ | Calicut, India | BAH | Bahrain, Bahrain | CCJ→BAH |
| CCJ | Calicut, India | BOM | Mumbai, India | CCJ→BOM |
| CCJ | Calicut, India | COK | Kochi, India | CCJ→COK |
| CCJ | Calicut, India | DMM | Dammam, Saudi Arabia | CCJ→DMM |
| CCJ | Calicut, India | DXB | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | CCJ→DXB |
| CCJ | Calicut, India | IXE | Mangalore, India | CCJ→IXE |
| CCJ | Calicut, India | KWI | Kuwait, Kuwait | CCJ→KWI |
| CCJ | Calicut, India | MCT | Muscat, Oman | CCJ→MCT |
| CCJ | Calicut, India | SHJ | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | CCJ→SHJ |
| CCJ | Calicut, India | SLL | Salalah, Oman | CCJ→SLL |
| COK | Kochi, India | AUH | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | COK→AUH |
| COK | Kochi, India | BOM | Mumbai, India | COK→BOM |
| COK | Kochi, India | CCJ | Calicut, India | COK→CCJ |
| COK | Kochi, India | DXB | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | COK→DXB |
| COK | Kochi, India | MCT | Muscat, Oman | COK→MCT |
| COK | Kochi, India | SHJ | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | COK→SHJ |
| COK | Kochi, India | TRV | Trivandrum, India | COK→TRV |
| DMM | Dammam, Saudi Arabia | CCJ | Calicut, India | DMM→CCJ |
| DMM | Dammam, Saudi Arabia | IXE | Mangalore, India | DMM→IXE |
| DOH | Doha, Qatar | BAH | Bahrain, Bahrain | DOH→BAH |
| DOH | Doha, Qatar | BOM | Mumbai, India | DOH→BOM |
| DOH | Doha, Qatar | CCJ | Calicut, India | DOH→CCJ |
| DXB | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | CCJ | Calicut, India | DXB→CCJ |
| DXB | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | COK | Kochi, India | DXB→COK |
| DXB | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | IXE | Mangalore, India | DXB→IXE |
| DXB | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | TRV | Trivandrum, India | DXB→TRV |
| IXE | Mangalore, India | AUH | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | IXE→AUH |
| IXE | Mangalore, India | BOM | Mumbai, India | IXE→BOM |
| IXE | Mangalore, India | DMM | Dammam, Saudi Arabia | IXE→DMM |
| IXE | Mangalore, India | DOH | Doha, Qatar | IXE→DOH |
| IXE | Mangalore, India | DXB | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | IXE→DXB |
| IXE | Mangalore, India | SHJ | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | IXE→SHJ |
| JAI | Jaipur, India | SHJ | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | JAI→SHJ |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | MAA | Madras, India | KUL→MAA |
| KWI | Kuwait, Kuwait | CCJ | Calicut, India | KWI→CCJ |
| MAA | Madras, India | BOM | Mumbai, India | MAA→BOM |
| MAA | Madras, India | KUL | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | MAA→KUL |
| MAA | Madras, India | TRV | Trivandrum, India | MAA→TRV |
| MAA | Madras, India | TRZ | Tiruchirappalli, India | MAA→TRZ |
| MCT | Muscat, Oman | CCJ | Calicut, India | MCT→CCJ |
| MCT | Muscat, Oman | COK | Kochi, India | MCT→COK |
| MCT | Muscat, Oman | IXE | Mangalore, India | MCT→IXE |
| MCT | Muscat, Oman | TRV | Trivandrum, India | MCT→TRV |
| PNQ | Pune, India | SHJ | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | PNQ→SHJ |
| SHJ | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | CCJ | Calicut, India | SHJ→CCJ |
Top destinations in the sample
| IATA | Airport | City | Country | Sample frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCJ | Calicut International Airport | Calicut | India | 10 |
| TRV | Trivandrum International Airport | Trivandrum | India | 6 |
| IXE | Mangalore International Airport | Mangalore | India | 6 |
| COK | Cochin International Airport | Kochi | India | 5 |
| BOM | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai | India | 5 |
| SHJ | Sharjah International Airport | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 5 |
| MCT | Muscat International Airport | Muscat | Oman | 3 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | 3 |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi International Airport | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 3 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 3 |
| MAA | Chennai International Airport | Madras | India | 2 |
| BAH | Bahrain International Airport | Bahrain | Bahrain | 2 |
| DMM | King Fahd International Airport | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| AAN | Al Ain International Airport | Al Ain | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| KWI | Kuwait International Airport | Kuwait | Kuwait | 1 |
| SLL | Salalah Airport | Salalah | Oman | 1 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1 |
| TRZ | Tiruchirapally Civil Airport | Tiruchirappalli | India | 1 |
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An airline's IATA code is the two-character identifier you see on tickets and flight numbers. The ICAO code is the three-letter identifier used in air traffic control and on flight plans. The callsign is the spoken name controllers use on the radio. Together they uniquely fingerprint the carrier across regulatory and operational systems, which is handy when you have a flight number from one source and want to confirm the operator from another.
Route samples here come from a community-maintained snapshot. They aren't a substitute for the airline's official schedule, but they reflect which markets the carrier has historically flown. They're also a fast way to spot a carrier's hubs, since hub airports turn up at the top of both the destination and origin lists.