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Travel Weekly
5 days ago
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Air India will suspend its Washington Dulles route
Air India will suspend its New Delhi-Washington Dulles route, effective Sept. 1. Air India currently flies the route three times per week, which now includes a stop in Vienna; prior to June, the carrier flew nonstop between New Delhi and Dulles. The airline said it will stop flying the route due to a fleet shortfall while retrofitting Boeing 787-8 aircraft with modern interiors, including new suites in business class. Multiple 787s at any one time will be unavailable until at least the end of 2026, Air India said. Also, the closure of Pakistani airspace to Indian airlines, which began in early May, has increased flight times between New Delhi and the U.S., adding operational complexity. An Air India press release made no mention of any fall in demand following the June 12 crash of Flight 171, which killed 260 passengers, crew and bystanders. The airline did scale back its D.C. service from five to three times weekly after the incident. A preliminary report from India's Air Accident Investigation Bureau made no conclusion about the cause of the crash, but said that both fuel cutoff switches were moved to off shortly after takeoff, placing scrutiny on the pilots.
Bloomberg
02-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Air India CEO Says Pakistan Airspace Ban Adding to Flying Costs
By and Mihir Mishra Save The continuing ban for Indian airlines in using Pakistani airspace is adding flying hours for non-stop flights and will weigh down Air India Ltd. 's path to profitability, its top executive said in an interview. 'The impact is significant but we have been able to sustain non-stop operations' to most destinations in North America and Europe, Air India Chief Executive Officer Campbell Wilson said in a Bloomberg TV interview Monday. 'It'll certainly hit our bottomline.'
Bloomberg
06-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Airlines Avoid Pakistani Airspace as Tension With India Mount
Europe's largest airlines are avoiding Pakistani airspace amid simmering tensions with India, adding another detour to global flight paths that have become increasingly caught up in military standoffs around the world. Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France-KLM and British Airways have all stopped using the airspace and have instead reverted to flying over the Arabian sea since the end of April to enter India, data by flight-tracking site Flightradar24 show. Emirates, the world's largest international airline, is also circumnavigating the area, the data show.
