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Air India is launching thrice weekly Delhi – Toronto flight from September 27, 2019. Air India will operate a 3 class 777-300ER on the route and has now opened bookings for the same.
The recent issues in Iran Airspace have caused Indian airlines and Middle East Airlines to be rerouting their flights avoiding Iranian water airspace.
Air India will restart Mumbai-Nairobi route from September 27, 2019, and will also add Delhi-Chennai-Bali route from October 27, 2019. Air India will operate 4x weekly flights on both sectors.
Air India plans to start non-stop flights between Amritsar/Delhi and Toronto from September 27, 2019. That should be one long flight, filling up a gap left behind by Jet Airways.
23 of 27 Air India’s 787-8 have been affected by a new FAA airworthiness directive, to install fixes as certain areas in the wheel threat zones could be susceptible to damage.
Air India’s 777-200LR, VT-ALH, seems to have developed damage in the door while being airborne between Delhi and San Francisco.
Air India has dropped the plan to fly the Boeing 747 flights throughout June between Mumbai and Delhi/Delhi and Kolkata. There goes one eventual chance for avgeeks to fly the Queen of the Skies.
Air India’s non-stop Delhi to Chicago flight will now stop in Stockholm every day, adding to the flight’s time and distance, due to the Pakistan Airspace being closed.
Air India passengers in London Heathrow are having a harrowing time. Many of them have been stuck for over 47 hours at the Airport Hotels, because Air India has not been able to operate their flight, and does not plan to fix this situation anytime soon it seems.
Air India has announced a slew of new flights to be launched on June 1. All of these flights will come on the back of route allocations done to them in lieu of Jet Airways shutdown.
Air India is increasing capacity on some domestic routes on a temporary basis by deploying the 747-400. So try and grab a seat to experience the classic aircraft while you can.
