Air India Announces Expansion

Air India is preparing for the Northern summer schedule of 2025 by announcing several exciting plans to improve its business.

As part of the announcement, the carrier will increase its flights across various markets worldwide to meet capacity during some of the year’s busiest periods.

Air India is on a mission to turn its fortunes around, and announcements such as these to meet demand are crucial in capturing market share while fending off competition from other companies worldwide.

Despite struggles in supply chains and an inability to get planes delivered on time, Air India feels it is better poised this summer to grow its network than in the past, and the following announcements are part of that.

Air India Changes For Summer 2025

The United Kingdom is the first of the focal points for the Indian flag carrier, with Delhi to London Heathrow slated to see three further flights per week utilising the Airbus A350-900 and 787-9 Dreamliner.

Thanks to the additional flights, Air India will now have 24 flights per week, and the airline can add more in the future.

To meet increasing demand away from Heathrow, there will be increases in traffic to Birmingham and London Gatwick from other cities in India.

Air India also prioritises developing its network across Europe, using the popular city of Delhi as its origin port.

Delhi through to Zurich will increase from four flights a week to five. Meanwhile, Delhi to Vienna will also jump with one additional weekly flight from three to four.

Meanwhile, Far East Asia will also be subject to increases as Air India commits to growing service from Delhi to Seoul Incheon to five weekly flights, up from four.

Lastly, in this region, the company is beefing up capacity tenfold across its Delhi to Hong Kong service, with the A321 to be replaced by the widebody 787 Dreamliner on daily service.

Thanks to the airline adjusting the aircraft being deployed, hundreds of seats will be added between these two destinations during the year’s busiest period to meet leisure and business demand.

Air India’s final focal point for its recent summer expansion announcement involves Africa, where one additional weekly service will be offered between Delhi and Nairobi to make it four per week.

Full Schedule Adjustments

United Kingdom:

• Delhi-London Heathrow: Addition of 3x weekly flights, increasing from 21x to 24x weekly flights operated by a combination of Air India’s flagship A350-900 and upgraded B787-9 aircraft.
• Amritsar-Birmingham: Increasing from 3x to 4x weekly flights
• Amritsar-London Gatwick: Increasing from 3x to 4x weekly flights
• Ahmedabad-London Gatwick: Increasing from 3x to 5x weekly flights

Rest of Europe:

• Delhi-Zurich: Increasing from 4x to 5x weekly flights
• Delhi-Vienna: Increasing from 3x to 4x weekly flights

Far East Asia:

• Delhi-Seoul (Incheon): Increasing from 4x to 5x weekly flights
• Delhi-Hong Kong: Switching from A321 to B787 Dreamliner on 7x weekly flights  

Africa:

• Delhi-Nairobi: Increasing from 3x to 4x weekly flights