Air India to operate 78 extra flights on nine routes
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New Delhi: Indian carrier Air India announced on Sunday that it will operate 78 additional flights on nine routes between March 10 and March 18, 2026, to support passengers amid the ongoing situation in West Asia.
The carrier is deploying extra capacity to New York (JFK), London (Heathrow), Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, Zurich, Colombo and Malé, adding 17,660 seats on the nine routes in both directions, the release from Air India said. The trips include Delhi-New York (JFK), Delhi-London (Heathrow), Mumbai-London (Heathrow) for “boosting much-needed capacity when travel options for passengers remain constrained,” it said.
Further planes will fly from Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, Zurich, Male and Colombo to Delhi. The additional flights on the European routes will operate with B787-8 and those to Male and Colombo will be operated with A320neo aircraft. The flights to New York (JFK) are subject to the requisite regulatory approvals and would operate with Air India’s B777-300ER aircraft.
