Air India Express strengthens domestic network with addition of 6 new destination
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Adds Aurangabad, Coimbatore, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Madurai and Tirupati; domestic network grows to 48 destinations, taking the airline's total footprint to 64 destinations
Air India Express announced a significant expansion of its domestic network with the addition of six new destinations: Aurangabad, Coimbatore, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Madurai, and Tirupati. The expansion will grow the airline’s network to 64 destinations, comprising 48 domestic and 16 international stations, strengthening connectivity between India's metropolitan gateways and emerging markets.
Flight operations from all six stations will commence on September 1, 2026, with the new destinations connected to key metro hubs including Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai. These additions will improve access to important business, industrial, cultural, and tourism centres across the country.
The airline will operate two daily services each between Aurangabad and Delhi, Coimbatore and Mumbai, and Jamnagar and Mumbai. It will also operate daily flights connecting Jodhpur with Delhi and Mumbai, Madurai with Chennai, and Tirupati with Hyderabad
Complementing the network expansion, the airline will also add frequencies on several domestic routes connecting with the National Capital. Effective September 1, 2026, the airline will introduce additional daily services between Delhi and Bhubaneswar, Kochi, Patna, and Varanasi, increasing frequencies to four daily flights each on the Delhi – Bhubaneswar and Delhi – Patna routes, and two daily flights each on the Delhi – Kochi and Delhi – Varanasi routes.
The expansion strengthens Air India Express' presence across West, South, and North India, adding new destinations that cater to a diverse mix of business, leisure, cultural, and pilgrimage travel. Aurangabad strengthen the airline's footprint in western India. In southern India, Coimbatore joins the heritage city of Madurai and the pilgrimage destination of Tirupati. In northern India, Jodhpur enhances connectivity to one of Rajasthan's most vibrant tourism and cultural destinations.
This expansion builds on airline’s continued network growth this year. In recent weeks, the airline commenced operations from Bhopal with daily flights to Delhi and Mumbai, became the first airline to launch international services from Navi Mumbai with flights to Abu Dhabi, and introduced the first-ever direct connectivity between Northeast India and the UAE through services from Guwahati to Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
With this expansion, airline’s domestic network will extend to 48 destinations, supported by over 2,700 weekly domestic flights.
