Air India today announced significant updates to its international route network starting in 2025. The changes will see Air India deploy its best aircraft to key gateways in Southeast Asia and Europe, complementing the earlier deployment of its flagship A350 and B777 with upgraded cabin interiors on multiple U.S. and UK routes.

The updates also lead to optimized flight schedules for key international routes, offering greater flexibility to travellers and enabling seamless intercontinental travel between North America or Europe and Australia or Southeast Asia via Air India’s hubs in Delhi and Mumbai.

Retrofitted A320neo on Delhi-Bangkok route

Air India will deploy its retrofitted A320neo on all flights between Delhi and Bangkok from 16 January 2025. The retrofitted aircraft features fully refreshed interiors in Economy, Premium Economy, and Business Class. Vista Stream, Air India’s complimentary wireless inflight entertainment (IFE) streaming service, is available on these aircraft, allowing travellers to access 1600+ hours of rich entertainment content on their electronic devices. 

Air India will also begin operating a fourth daily Delhi-Bangkok service from 01 January 2025, increasing frequency on the route from three times daily. The new service leads to evenly spaced departures to and from Bangkok throughout the day, offering business and leisure travellers more choice. The increased frequency connects Bangkok to several destinations in North America and Europe via Air India’s hub in Delhi. Travellers from New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Toronto, Vancouver, London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, and Amsterdam can take seamless one-stop flights to Bangkok via Delhi and vice-versa.

Upgraded interiors on flights to Frankfurt and Singapore

Air India also announced the deployment of the erstwhile Vistara A321neo and B787-9 aircraft on the following routes:

·         Delhi-Frankfurt and Mumbai-Frankfurt: Now operating on B787-9

·         Delhi-Singapore: Once daily on B787-9 and twice daily on A321neo (from 01 January 2025)

·         Mumbai-Singapore: Twice daily on A321neo (from 01 January 2025)

This optimized fleet deployment will provide the latest generation cabin interiors, including fully flat beds in Business Class and the consistent availability of Premium Economy on these routes. Air India is amongst the few airlines in Asia to offer fully flat beds on its single-aisle A321neo aircraft in Business Class. These A321neo and B787-9 aircraft offer an immersive inflight entertainment experience on HD screens across cabins and WiFi internet connectivity on board.  

Delhi or Mumbai also conveniently connects travellers to and from Singapore to various destinations in the United States, Canada, and Europe.

Optimized schedules for Frankfurt, Paris, Sydney, and Melbourne flights

Effective 01 February 2025, Air India has optimized the schedule of its flights on the Delhi-Frankfurt and Delhi-Paris routes. The new flight times now offer daytime and nighttime departures on each route in both directions, providing greater flexibility to travellers. Air India has also retimed its daily Delhi-Sydney and Delhi-Melbourne routes to enable seamless two-way connectivity between Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia via Delhi. 

Travelers from London, Paris, and Frankfurt now have convenient one-stop connections to Sydney and Melbourne in Australia and to destinations like Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Ho Chi Minh City in Southeast Asia through Delhi.