Air India announces cuts up to 5 per cent to overall narrowbody network, here's the complete list of suspended domestic routes

Air India announced its decision to temporarily reduce the carrier's narrowbody services, following the previous announcement of reductions in its international services. 

As per the Tata Group-owned carrier,  it is going for "temporary cuts of less than 5 per cent to its overall narrow-body network".

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"This voluntary decision leads to the temporary suspension of Air India's services on 3 routes and reduction of frequency on 19 routes. The changes are effective until at least 15 July 2025," it said.

Air India mentioned that these reductions are aimed at strengthening the operational stability and minimising last-minute inconvenience to passengers. 

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Seven-weekly flights on three routes, Bengaluru-Singapore, Pune-Singapore and Mumbai-Bagdogra stand suspended until July 15. Flights on various other routes, including Delhi-Bengaluru and Delhi-Mumbai, will have reduced frequency until July 15. 

Air India also mentioned that affected passengers will be offered re-accommodation on alternative flights, complementary rescheduling, or full refunds as per their preferences. 

Here's the list of affected routes:

Routes suspended until 15 July 2025: 

• Bengaluru-Singapore (AI2392/2393) – 7x weekly flights 

• Pune-Singapore (AI2111/2110) – 7x weekly flights 

• Mumbai-Bagdogra (AI551/552) – 7x weekly flights 

 

Routes with reduced frequency until 15 July 2025: 

• Bengaluru-Chandigarh: Reduced from 14x weekly to 7x weekly 

• Delhi-Bengaluru: Reduced from 116x weekly to 113x weekly 

• Delhi-Mumbai: Reduced from 176x weekly to 165x weekly 

• Delhi-Kolkata: Reduced from 70x weekly to 63x weekly 

• Delhi-Coimbatore: Reduced from 13x weekly to 12x weekly 

• Delhi-Goa (Dabolim): Reduced from 14x weekly to 7x weekly 

• Delhi-Goa (Mopa): Reduced from 14x weekly to 7x weekly 

• Delhi-Hyderabad: Reduced from 84x weekly to 76x weekly 

• Delhi-Indore: Reduced from 21x weekly to 14x weekly 

• Delhi-Lucknow: Reduced from 28x weekly to 21x weekly 

• Delhi-Pune: Reduced from 59x weekly to 54x weekly 

• Mumbai-Ahmedabad: Reduced from 41x weekly to 37x weekly 

• Mumbai-Bengaluru: Reduced from 91x weekly to 84x weekly 

• Mumbai-Kolkata: Reduced from 42x weekly to 30x weekly 

• Mumbai-Coimbatore: Reduced from 21x weekly to 16x weekly 

• Mumbai-Kochi: Reduced from 40x weekly to 34x weekly 

• Mumbai-Goa (Dabolim): Reduced from 34x weekly to 29x weekly 

• Mumbai-Hyderabad: Reduced from 63x weekly to 59x weekly 

• Mumbai-Varanasi: Reduced from 12x weekly to 7x weekly

Meanwhile, Air India on Saturday released a statement saying that their flights would not be travelling over the airspaces of Iran, Iraq and Israel due to the Israel-Iran conflict. The escalation of the conflict with the US involvement also complicates India's evacuation operation for Indians stranded in the two warring nations, titled Operation Sindhu.

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