Ahmedabad Plane Crash: After 'safety pause', Air India begins phased restoration of international flights; full operations planned from October
Published on 16/07/2025 12:57 AM
Private sector airline Air India, part of the Tata group, on Tuesday announced the partial restoration of certain schedules that it had reduced earlier as part of its “safety pause” following the tragic accident of AI171 last month. The airline said that the pause enabled it to perform additional precautionary checks on its Boeing 787 aircraft as well as "accommodating longer flying times arising from airspace closures over Pakistan and the Middle East".
Noting that the schedule reductions taken as part of the safety pause were implemented until July 31, the airline said that the restoration to full operations is being phased with some services, initially planned to operate between August 1 and September 30, to be removed from the schedule.
It said that the partial resumption will see the restoration of some frequencies from August 1, relative to July, with a full restoration planned from October 1.
Air India said that it will operate 3x weekly flights between Ahmedabad and London (Heathrow) from August 1 to September 30, replacing its existing 5x weekly flights between Ahmedabad and London (Gatwick).
Air India detailed the reinstatement of flights or increased frequencies as follows:
Europe
Far-East
It also announced continued reductions or changed frequencies for the following flights until September 30:
Europe
North America
Australia
Africa
The airline also said it will continue the suspension of the following routes till September 30:
Air India is "proactively contacting affected passengers to offer re-booking on alternative flights or a full refund, as per their preference. Air India apologises for the inconvenience," it said.
It also said that with the partial restoration, it will operate more than 525 international flights per week on 63 short, long and ultra long-haul routes.
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