Air India launches ‘Easy Connect’ services from Ahmedabad
Air India announced the launch of ‘Easy Connect’ services from Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad joins Amritsar and Varanasi in the growing Easy Connect network, extending seamless international connectivity to travellers across Gujarat while supporting India’s ambition of becoming a leading global aviation hub...
Air India, Drukair partner to boost connectivity between India, Bhutan & beyond
Air India and Drukair have announced new interline partnership to significantly enhance seamless travel convenience and strengthen network connectivity between India, Bhutan and beyond. The partnership enables passengers to benefit from a single-ticket itinerary combining Air India and Drukair flights, ensuring a seamless end-to-end travel experience. It offers coordinated baggage and...
Air India to commence operations from Bhogapuram Airport from Aug 17
Air India announced that all its flights operating to and from Visakhapatnam International Airport will now operate from the new Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport, at Bhogapuram, with the same airport code VTZ, effective August 17, 2026. The airline will continue to operate 14 weekly flights between Bhogapuram and Delhi offering customers convenient connectivity to key domestic...
Air India & Azerbaijan Airlines launch strategic codeshare to boost India-Baku connectivity
Air India and Azerbaijan Airlines, part of AZCON Holding, have entered into a new codeshare partnership. The cooperation offers greater flexibility, enhanced connectivity, and more convenient travel options between Azerbaijan and India, as well as onward destinations through both airlines' networks, while strengthening business, tourism, and cultural ties between the two countries...
Air India launches Mumbai-Toronto route; begins B787-9 operations on Delhi-Toronto
Air India has deployed its B787-9 aircraft on Delhi-Toronto flights. The airline has announced the expansion of its Canada operations for the Winter 2026-27 season with a new non-stop service between Mumbai and Toronto, overall capacity between India and Canada increasing by 4,400 seats each month, and premium seat capacity to Toronto boosting by 71%...
MoCA & Air India launch ‘Easy Connect’ flights from Amritsar
Ministry of Civil Aviation in collaboration with Air India inaugurated ‘Easy Connect’ services from Amritsar, further expanding the Government of India’s hub-and-spoke model and bringing seamless global connectivity closer to travellers across Punjab. The launch marks an important step forward in the initiative’s nationwide rollout announced in June 2026...
Air India, Ministry of Tourism partner to elevate India as a global tourism destination
Air India and the Ministry of Tourism (MoT), Government of India, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly promote India as a premier global tourism destination and strengthening India’s position as a key aviation and transit hub. The MoU establishes a framework for coordinated initiatives across tourism marketing, destination storytelling, trade engagement...
Air India & Saudia sign MoU to expand strategic cooperation
Air India and Saudia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand strategic cooperation between the two airlines. Building on their existing codeshare agreement, the MoU aims to strengthen connectivity between Saudi Arabia and India while supporting the continued growth of travel between the two countries...
Air India to deploy B787-9 on Delhi-Toronto service from Aug 1
Air India announced a significant upgrade to its Delhi-Toronto service, with the deployment of its brand-new Boeing 787-9 aircraft on the route from August 1, 2026, enabling the airline to remove the enroute fuel stop at Vienna and operate the service non-stop. The removal of the fuel stop is subject to available airspaces and is intended to reduce the current flying time from Delhi to...
Air India to launch operations at new JFK Terminal 6 starting in 2028
JFK Millennium Partners (JMP), the company selected by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey to build and operate John F. Kennedy International Airport’s new Terminal 6 (JFK T6), and Air India announced that the airline has chosen T6 for its operations beginning in 2028. The move aligns Air India with other Star Alliance member carriers in the new terminal and marks another major...
