Air India Cuts Select International Flights June-Aug 2026

Air India announced on Wednesday a temporary reduction and suspension of select international flights from June through August 2026, citing record-high jet fuel prices and ongoing airspace restrictions as the primary factors impacting route viability.

The Tata Group-owned carrier will suspend services on several routes, including Delhi to Chicago, Newark, Shanghai, Singapore, and Male; Mumbai to New York and Dhaka; and Chennai to Singapore. Frequency cuts will affect dozens of others, such as Delhi-San Francisco dropping from 10 weekly flights to seven, Delhi-Toronto from 10 to five through July before resuming daily in August, and Delhi-Paris from 14 to seven weekly. Reductions also target Delhi-Sydney and Melbourne from seven to four weekly each, along with services to Vancouver, various European cities including Milan, Vienna, Zurich, Rome, and Copenhagen, and multiple Asian destinations like Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Kathmandu, and Colombo.

Air India Chief Executive Officer Campbell Wilson stated the airline had no choice but to adjust schedules amid soaring fuel costs driven by tensions in West Asia. "The ongoing tensions in West Asia have increased...