3 routes suspended, reduced frequency on 18: Details of Air India’s international flight curtailment plan

The Tata group airline announced the details of the curtailment plan, which include suspension of flights on three routes and reduction in flight frequency on 18 routes–five to North America, nine to Europe, and two each to Australia and East Asia. The schedule cuts will be implemented from June 21 and will continue at least till July 15 in most cases.

“The reductions arise from the decision to voluntary undertake enhanced pre-flight safety checks, as well as accommodate additional flight durations arising from airspace closures in the Middle East. The objective is to restore schedule stability and minimizing last-minute inconvenience to passengers,” Air India said.

#ImportantUpdate

Further to the press statement released yesterday, 18 June 2025, which announced a temporary reduction in services operated by Boeing 787 and 777 aircraft, we wish to provide details on the flights affected.

These reductions will be effective from 21 June 2025,…

— Air India (@airindia) June 19, 2025

The airline apologised to the passengers affected by these curtailments, adding that it is proactively contacting them to offer re-accommodation on alternative flights, complimentary rescheduling or full refunds as per their preference.

Details of Air India’s wide-body flights’ curtailment

Suspended routes till July 15

• Amritsar-Londo ppn Gatwick
• Goa (Mopa)-London Gatwick
• Delhi-Nairobi (suspended till June 30)

Routes with reduced frequency till July 15

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: Reduced from 3x weekly to 2x weekly
• 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: Reduced from 7x weekly to 5x weekly
• Delhi-Sydney: Reduced from 7x weekly to 5x weekly

East Asia

• Delhi-Tokyo (Haneda): Reduced from 7x weekly to 6x weekly
• Delhi-Seoul (Incheon): Reduced from 5x weekly to 4x weekly (3x weekly till July 5; 4x weekly thereafter

Following last Thursday’s tragic crash of an Air India Boeing 787, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had directed the airline to carry out additional maintenance inspections on all 33 of its 787s. The ill-fated aircraft was operating a flight between Ahmedabad and London Gatwick and had 242 people on board. All but one of those on board perished in the crash. There were several casualties on the ground as well.

Air India said Wednesday that inspections had been completed on 26 of its Boeing 787 planes and they were cleared for service. On Tuesday, the DGCA had announced that no major safety concerns were found in the recent surveillance conducted on Air India’s Boeing 787 aircraft, and the planes and associated maintenance systems were found to be compliant with existing safety standards.

As a “confidence-building measure” Air India has decided to continue enhanced pre-flight safety checks on its Boeing 787 fleet and even its Boeing 777 aircraft, for the time being, which is one of the reasons why the airline is curtailing its wide-body flight schedule.