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From 24 London Flights To 5 Zurich Flights Weekly, Air India Announces Additional Frequencies On These Key Routes

These additional frequencies have been announced as part of Air India's NS 2025 schedule.

by Vaidehi Joshi
From 24 London Flights To 5 Zurich Flights Weekly, Air India Announces Additional Frequencies On These Key Routes

As part of its Northern Summer 2025 schedule, Tata-owned full-service airline Air India (AI) has announced a number of changes to its foreign route network that will take effect on March 30, 2025. Important routes like the UK, Europe, Far East Asia, and Africa will see additional frequencies.

These Are The Additional Frequencies:

The United Kingdom will see the following changes: 

Delhi-London Heathrow: Air India’s flagship A350-900 and upgraded B787-9 aircraft will conduct three additional weekly flights, increasing the number of weekly flights from 21 to 24.
Amritsar to Birmingham: The number of weekly flights will be increased from three to four
Amritsar to London Gatwick: There will be four weekly flights instead of just three.
Ahmedabad to London Gatwick: There will be five weekly flights instead of the usual three.

The rest of Europe will see these changes:

Delhi to Zurich: The flights will fly five times a week instead of four.
Delhi to Vienna: The flights will fly four times a week.

Asia’s Far East:

Delhi to Seoul (Incheon): The number of weekly flights has been increased from four to five
Delhi and Hong Kong: Seven weekly flights will now use the B787 Dreamliner instead of the A321.

Africa: 

Delhi and Nairobi: Weekly flights will increase from three to four.

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Air India’s Modernisation

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Image Credits: Press Room /Air India

A significant fleet modernisation is now underway at Air India. The airline made significant announcements about the same.

The airline’s narrowbody aircraft is currently undergoing a successful modernisation process that is expected to be finished by mid-2025. Meanwhile, the first of the legacy widebodies, a Boeing 787, will begin retrofitting with new seats and entertainment systems in April and return to service in October of the same year. A monthly induction of two to three B787s will follow until all 27 legacy aircraft have been modernised.   

Due to production limitations at the chosen seat supplier, the retrofit of the old Boeing 777 fleet with new seats and entertainment systems, which was initially scheduled to begin in 2025, will now begin in early 2026. Ahead of the complete conversion effort, Air India is using the 2025 period to update as many other B777 interior components as possible.

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The airline will halt its non-stop Mumbai-Melbourne service from March 30 to September 13, 2025, and its non-stop Kochi-London Gatwick route from March 30, 2025, until further notice due to the retrofit program and the resulting temporary reduction in the operational fleet. Air India will still run 12 weekly flights from Amritsar, Ahmedabad, and Goa to London Gatwick.

Cover Image Credits: Press Room/Air India

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First Published: February 13, 2025 4:38 PM