Air India to reduce international services on widebody aircraft by 15% from 21 June 2025.
Air India plans to reduce international services on Boeing 787 and 777 aircraft by 15% from 21 June 2025, until at least 15 July 2025.
Affected flights:
- Routes suspended until 15 July 2025: – Delhi-Nairobi (AI961/962) – 4x weekly flights – Amritsar-London (Gatwick) (AI169/170) – 3x weekly flights – Goa (Mopa)-London (Gatwick) (AI145/146) – 3x weekly flights
- Routes with reduced frequency until 15 July 2025: North America – Delhi-Toronto: Reduced from 13x weekly to 7x weekly – Delhi-Vancouver: Reduced from 7x weekly to 5x weekly – Delhi-San Francisco: Reduced from 10x weekly to 7x weekly – Delhi-Chicago: Reduced from 7x weekly to 3x weekly – Delhi-Washington (Dulles): Reduced from 5x weekly to 3x weekly
- Europe – Delhi-London (Heathrow): Reduced from 24x weekly to 22x weekly – Bengaluru-London (Heathrow): Reduced from 7x weekly to 6x weekly – Amritsar-Birmingham and Delhi-Birmingham: Reduced from 3x weekly to 2x weekly – Delhi-Paris: Reduced from 14x weekly to 12x weekly – Delhi-Milan: Reduced from 7x weekly to 4x weekly – Delhi-Copenhagen: Reduced from 5x weekly to 3x weekly – Delhi-Vienna: Reduced from 4x weekly to 3x weekly – Delhi-Amsterdam: Reduced from 7x weekly to 5x weekly
- Australia – Delhi-Melbourne and Delhi-Sydney: Reduced from 7x weekly to 5x weekly
- Far East – Delhi-Tokyo (Haneda): Reduced from 7x weekly to 6x weekly – Delhi-Seoul (Incheon): Reduced from 5x weekly to 4x weekly
The DGCA had mandated ‘Enhanced Safety Inspection’ across Air India’s Boeing 787-8/9 aircraft fleet. Out of total 33 aircraft, inspections have now been completed on 26 and these have been cleared for service, while inspection of the remainder will be complete in the coming days.
As a matter of added precaution, Air India will also undertake enhanced safety checks on its Boeing 777 fleet.
Temporary Route Curtailment Due to the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, night curfew in the airspaces of many countries in Europe and East Asia, the ongoing enhanced safety inspections, and also the necessary cautious approach being taken by the engineering staff and Air India pilots, there have been certain disruptions in the Airline international operations over the last 6 days leading to a total of 83 cancellations.
