Ahmedabad: Air India on Tuesday announced a partial restoration of its international flight schedule, which had been reduced following the tragic accident involving flight AI171 on 12 June 2025.

As part of the phased resumption, Air India will introduce a new route connecting Ahmedabad and London Heathrow from 1 August to 30 September 2025. This service will operate three times a week, replacing the current five-times-weekly flights between Ahmedabad and London Gatwick.

With the changes to the route, the airline has assured that it is reaching out directly to all passengers impacted by the adjustment, providing them with options to either rebook on alternative services or claim a full refund. The airline also apologised for any inconvenience caused by these changes.

The airline had imposed a voluntary “Safety Pause” to conduct additional precautionary checks on its Boeing 787 fleet, while also adjusting for longer flying times due to airspace closures over Pakistan and parts of the Middle East. Air India stated that while some frequencies will resume in August, it aims to fully restore its pre-accident schedule by 1 October 2025.

Here’s the list of Air India’s updated flight operations:

1.     NEW ROUTE:

• From 01 August to 30 September, Air India 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 16 July onwards
• Delhi-Zurich: Increased from 4x weekly to 5x weekly, effective 01 August

Far-East

• Delhi-Tokyo (Haneda): Reinstated two weekly flights previously curtailed, with all 7x weekly flights operating from 01 August onwards
• Delhi-Seoul (Incheon): Reinstated two weekly flights previously curtailed, with all 5x weekly flights reinstated from 01 September onwards

3.     ROUTES WITH CONTINUED REDUCTIONS/CHANGED FREQUENCY UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER

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 01 August

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 30 SEPTEMBER

• 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
  

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