Two Air India international flights from Bengaluru cancelled
Two international flights of Air India from Bengaluru were cancelled on Thursday (June 19, 2025).
The Air India flight AI 175 from Bengaluru to San Francisco, which was scheduled to depart at 1.20 p.m., was cancelled, and another flight AI 133 bound to London's Heathrow, which was scheduled to depart at 2.15 p.m., was also cancelled, the sources at the Kempegowda International Airport said.
Air India on Wednesday (June 18, 2025) announced that it will be cutting down international flight services on widebody aircraft (Boeing 787 and 777 aircraft), that mostly connect long haul and ultra-long-haul destinations by 15%.
While the Bengaluru-London flight is a Boeing 787, the Bengaluru-San Francisco flight is a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft. The direct distance between Bengaluru and San Francisco is approximately 13,993 km, and this is said to be the longest commercial flight in the world to be operated by Air India or any other airline in India.
Air India said that the Bengaluru-London (Heathrow) flight services will be reduced from seven flights a week to six flights a week. The reduction in the flights on this route will be effective from June 21 and last until at least July 15, the airline said.
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