Air India to partially restore international flight services from August 1

The company said the pause helped the airline conduct additional precautionary checks on its Boeing 787 aircraft

Air India is set to partially restore its international flight schedule that was temporarily reduced for “safety checks” following the tragic accident of Air India’s London-bound flight 171 from Ahmedabad on June 12.

The airline will resume some of the flights starting from August 1, while full-restoration is planned for October 1, a statement said.

The company said the pause helped the airline conduct additional precautionary checks on its Boeing 787 aircraft. "That Pause enabled Air India 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," the airline said.

The Tata group-owned airline will resume thrice-weekly flights between Ahmedabad and London Heathrow from August 1 to September 30. This will replace the currently operating five-times-a-week flights between Ahmedabad and London (Gatwick), the statement said.

The airline said it will remove some of the initially planned services between August 1 and September 30 from the schedule as it implements a phase-wise restoration of flights. The affected passengers will be offered alternate flight options or full refund, the statement said.

Following the partial restoration, Air India will operate more than 525 international flights per week on 63 short, long and ultra long-haul routes, it said.

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for London from the Indian city of Ahmedabad began to lose thrust and crashed shortly after takeoff on June 12. All but one of the 242 people on board and 19 others on the ground were killed.

Full list of flights

1. New route:

•From August 1 to September 30, the airline will operate 3x weekly flights between Ahmedabad and

London (Heathrow), replacing currently operating 5x weekly flights between Ahmedabad and

London (Gatwick)

2. Reinstatement of flights/increased frequencies

Europe

• Delhi-London (Heathrow): Reinstated two weekly flights previously curtailed, with all 24x weekly

flights operating from July 16 onwards

• Delhi-Zurich: Increased from 4x weekly to 5x weekly, effective August 1

Far-East

• Delhi-Tokyo (Haneda): Reinstated two weekly flights previously curtailed, with all 7x weekly flights operating from August 1 onwards

• Delhi-Seoul (Incheon): Reinstated two weekly flights previously curtailed, with all 5x weekly flights reinstated from September 1 onwards

3. Routes with continued reductions/changed frequency until September 30

Europe

• Bengaluru-London (Heathrow): Remains reduced from 7x weekly to 6x weekly; will further reduce

to 4x weekly, effective 01 August 2025

• Amritsar-Birmingham: Remains reduced from 3x weekly to 2x weekly until 31 August; to operate

3x weekly, effective 01 September

• Delhi-Birmingham: Remains reduced from 3x weekly to 2x weekly

• Delhi-Paris: Reduced from 12x weekly to 7x weekly, effective 01 August

• Delhi-Milan: Reduced from 4x weekly to 3x weekly, effective 16 July

• Delhi-Copenhagen: Remains reduced from 5x weekly to 3x weekly

• Delhi-Vienna: Remains reduced from 4x weekly to 3x weekly

• Delhi-Amsterdam: Remains reduced from 7x weekly to 5x weekly; to resume 7x weekly, effective August 1

North America

• Delhi-Washington (Dulles): Remains reduced from 5x weekly to 3x weekly

• Delhi-Chicago: Remains reduced from 7x weekly to 3x weekly (to operate 4x weekly in August)

• Delhi-San Francisco: Remains reduced from 10x weekly to 7x weekly

• Delhi-Toronto: Remains reduced from 13x weekly to 7x weekly

• Delhi-Vancouver: Remains reduced from 7x weekly to 4x weekly

• Delhi-New York (JFK): Reduced from 7x weekly to 6x weekly, effective 16 July

• Mumbai-New York (JFK): Reduced from 7x weekly to 6x weekly, effective 01 August

• Delhi-New York (Newark Liberty): Reduced from 5x weekly to 4x weekly, effective 16 July

Australia

• Delhi-Melbourne: Remains reduced from 7x weekly to 5x weekly

• Delhi-Sydney: Remains reduced from 7x weekly to 5x weekly

Africa

• Delhi-Nairobi: Reinstated services, operating 3x weekly until 31 August; to be suspended from 01-

30 September

4. Continued temporary suspension of routes until September 30

• Amritsar-London (Gatwick) (AI169/170): 3x weekly flights

• Goa (Mopa)-London (Gatwick) (AI145/146): 3x weekly flights

• Bengaluru-Singapore (AI2392/2393): 7x weekly flights

• Pune-Singapore (AI2111/2110): 5x weekly flights