Air India has announced the partial restoration of its international flight schedules beginning 1 August 2025, following the airline’s self-imposed “Safety Pause” instituted after the tragic accident involving flight AI171 on 12 June 2025.
The temporary pause was undertaken to enable additional precautionary checks on the airline’s Boeing 787 aircraft fleet, while also accommodating longer flight durations resulting from airspace closures over Pakistan and parts of the Middle East.
With operations set to progressively resume, Air India will restore select frequencies in August and September, with a full return to scheduled services targeted by 1 October 2025.
New Route Launch
- Ahmedabad–London (Heathrow): From 1 August to 30 September, Air India will operate 3x weekly flights, replacing the current 5x weekly flights to London Gatwick.
Reinstated Flights / Increased Frequencies
Europe
- Delhi–London (Heathrow): Two weekly flights reinstated; full 24x weekly schedule resumed from 16 July.
- Delhi–Zurich: Increased from 4x to 5x weekly, effective 1 August.
Far East
- Delhi–Tokyo (Haneda): Full 7x weekly operations restored from 1 August.
- Delhi–Seoul (Incheon): Full 5x weekly schedule reinstated from 1 September.
Africa
- Delhi–Nairobi: 3x weekly flights reinstated until 31 August; to be suspended from 1 to 30 September.
Continued Reduced Frequencies (Until 30 September)
Europe
- Bengaluru–London (Heathrow): Reduced to 4x weekly from 1 August.
- Amritsar–Birmingham: Remains 2x weekly until 31 August; resumes 3x weekly from 1 September.
- Delhi–Birmingham, Paris, Milan, Copenhagen, Vienna, Amsterdam: Operating at reduced frequencies.
North America
- Delhi–Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver: Continuing reduced services.
- Delhi–New York (JFK): Reduced to 6x weekly from 16 July.
- Mumbai–New York (JFK): Reduced to 6x weekly from 1 August.
- Delhi–Newark: Reduced to 4x weekly from 16 July.
Australia
- Delhi–Melbourne & Delhi–Sydney: Both routes continue at 5x weekly.
Temporarily Suspended Routes (Until 30 September)
- Amritsar–London (Gatwick) – 3x weekly
- Goa (Mopa)–London (Gatwick) – 3x weekly
- Bengaluru–Singapore – 7x weekly
- Pune–Singapore – 5x weekly
Air India noted that while the schedule reductions were initially set until 31 July, a phased restoration is being implemented. As such, some flights originally listed between 1 August and 30 September will be removed.
Upon this partial resumption, Air India will operate over 525 international flights weekly across 63 routes, including short, long, and ultra-long-haul destinations, as it continues its broader network realignment and fleet readiness efforts.
