According to a report in Tourism Breaking News, Lion Group's Malaysian member, Malindo Air, will begin its Varanasi operations from July 18. Boeing 737-800 will be deployed on this route which will operate three times each week -- Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Presently, Malindo serves destinations such as Amritsar, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Trivandrum and Tiruchirappalli and so forth.