Several international, domestic Air India flights cancelled due to maintenance and operational reasons
Air India
on Friday announced the cancellation of several international and domestic flights due to maintainance and operational reasons, ANI reported.
The affected flights include AI906 from Dubai to Chennai; AI308 from Delhi to Melbourne; AI309 from Melbourne to Delhi; AI2204 from Dubai to Hyderabad and domestic flights AI874 from Pune to Delhi; AI456 from Ahmedabad to Delhi; AI-2872 from Hyderabad to Mumbai and AI571 from Chennai to Mumbai.
On Wednesday, Air India had cancelled three international flights owing to various reasons, including maintenance and technical issues. Two of these flights were cancelled after the passengers had already boarded the aircraft, the airline had said.
The airline said it had to cancel its Toronto-Delhi flight AI188 due to extended maintenance and consequently operating crew coming under regulatory flight duty time limitation norms.
Also, flight AI996 from Dubai to Delhi on June 18, 2025 was cancelled due to technical reasons and passengers were disembarked after boarding, as per Air India.
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However, the airline's flight AI2145 from Delhi to Bali was cancelled after it was advised to return to Delhi mid-way due to reports of volcanic eruption near the destination airport Bali, in the interest of safety, Air India stated.
The flight safely landed back in Delhi and all passengers were disembarked.
Air India cuts international services
Air India announced on Thursday that it will reduce 38 international flights per week and temporarily suspend operations on three overseas routes from June 21 to July 15, 2025. The decision comes in the wake of the fatal plane crash involving a Boeing 787 on June 12 in Ahmedabad.
The Tata Group-owned carrier said the flight curtailments on 18 international routes aim to restore schedule reliability and minimise last-minute disruption for travellers.
'These reductions will be effective from June 21, 2025, and last until at least 15 July 2025,' the airline said in an official statement.
As part of the plan, Air India will suspend flights on Delhi-Nairobi (4x weekly), Amritsar-London Gatwick (3x weekly), and Goa (Mopa)-London Gatwick (3x weekly).
Flights on 18 other international routes—including those linking Delhi to Toronto, Vancouver, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington in North America—will also see reduced frequency. In Europe, the affected routes include Delhi-London Heathrow, Bengaluru-London Heathrow, Amritsar-Birmingham, Delhi-Birmingham, Delhi-Paris, Delhi-Milan, Delhi-Copenhagen, Delhi-Vienna, and Delhi-Amsterdam.
Services on Delhi-Melbourne, Delhi-Sydney, Delhi-Tokyo Haneda, and Delhi-Seoul (Incheon) have also been reduced under the revised operating schedule.
The airline said the reductions follow its decision to voluntarily continue enhanced pre-flight safety checks on its Boeing 787 fleet, and as an additional measure, on Boeing 777 aircraft as well.
'These measures, along with extended flight durations caused by airspace closures in the Middle East, have made schedule adjustments necessary,' the statement added.
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