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Air India Announces Partial Restoration Of International Flight Schedules Weeks After Ahmedabad Crash
Air India Announces Partial Restoration Of International Flight Schedules
Air India on Tuesday announced partial restoration of international flights. The decision comes weeks after Ahmedabad plane crash. As per the official statement, the partial restoration will begin from August 1, 2025, while the full restoration is planned from October 1, 2025. Air India took “safety pause” after the deadly June 12 Ahmedabad air crash that killed 260 people.
The airline in its official statement said the pause enabled it to “perform additional precautionary checks on its Boeing 787 aircraft as well as accommodating longer flying times arising from airspace closures over Pakistan and the Middle East.”
Air India Announces Partial Restoration Of Flights
Air India Announces New Route
As per the official statement, from August 1 to September 30, Air India will operate 3 times weekly flights between Ahmedabad and London (Heathrow), replacing currently operating 5 times weekly flights between Ahmedabad and London (Gatwick).
The airline has announced the reinstatement of flights and increased frequencies from Delhi. In the Europe route, between Delhi to London (Heathrow), two weekly flights previously curtailed, are reinstated with all 24 times weekly flights operating from 16 July onwards. Between Delhi to Zurich, flight frequency has increased from 4 times weekly to 5 times weekly, effective August 1, 2025.
In the Far-East route, between Delhi and Tokyo (Haneda), two weekly flights are reinstated with all 7 times weekly flights operating from August 1 onwards. Between Delhi and Seoul (Incheon), two weekly flights previously curtailed are reinstated with all 5 times weekly flights reinstated from September 1 onwards.
Air India also announced continued reduction/changed frequency until September 30.
Europe
• Bengaluru-London (Heathrow): Remains reduced from 7 times weekly to 6 times weekly; will further reduce to 4 times weekly, effective August 1, 2025
• Amritsar-Birmingham: Remains reduced from 3x weekly to 2 times weekly until August 31; to operate 3 times weekly, effective September 1
• Delhi-Birmingham: Remains reduced from 3 times weekly to 2 times weekly
• Delhi-Paris: Reduced from 12 times weekly to 7 times weekly, effective August 1
• Delhi-Milan: Reduced from 4 times weekly to 3 times weekly, effective July 16
• Delhi-Copenhagen: Remains reduced from 5 times weekly to 3 times weekly
• Delhi-Vienna: Remains reduced from 4 times weekly to 3 times weekly
• Delhi-Amsterdam: Remains reduced from 7x weekly to 5 times weekly; to resume 7 times weekly, effective August 1
North America
• Delhi-Washington (Dulles): Remains reduced from 5 times weekly to 3 times weekly
• Delhi-Chicago: Remains reduced from 7 times weekly to 3 times weekly (to operate 4 times weekly in August)
• Delhi-San Francisco: Remains reduced from 10 times weekly to 7 times weekly
• Delhi-Toronto: Remains reduced from 13 times weekly to 7 times weekly
• Delhi-Vancouver: Remains reduced from 7 times weekly to 4 times weekly
• Delhi-New York (JFK): Reduced from 7 times weekly to 6 times weekly, effective July 16
• Mumbai-New York (JFK): Reduced from 7 times weekly to 6 times weekly, effective August 1
• Delhi-New York (Newark Liberty): Reduced from 5x weekly to 4x weekly, effective July 16
Australia
• Delhi-Melbourne: Remains reduced from 7 times weekly to 5 times weekly
• Delhi-Sydney: Remains reduced from 7 times weekly to 5 times weekly
Africa
• Delhi-Nairobi: Reinstated services, operating 3 times weekly until August 31; to be suspended from September 1 to 30
Air India also announced continued temporary suspension of routes until September 30
• Amritsar-London (Gatwick) (AI169/170): 3 times weekly flights
• Goa (Mopa)-London (Gatwick) (AI145/146): 3 times weekly flights
• Bengaluru-Singapore (AI2392/2393): 7 times weekly flights
• Pune-Singapore (AI2111/2110): 5 times weekly flights
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