Air India cancels seven flights; cites ‘upkeep and operational causes’- check full list | India News

Air India on Friday introduced that it has cancelled seven flights, together with 4 worldwide and three home routes, as a result of “enhanced maintenance and operational reasons.” The cancellations come days after an Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London crashed.Affected flights embrace companies between Dubai, Chennai, Delhi, Melbourne, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.According to the airline, worldwide flights which have been cancelled embrace:

On the home entrance, the next flights have been known as off:

In an announcement, Air India mentioned the transfer was as a result of “enhanced maintenance and operational reasons.”“Air India’s international flights AI906 from Dubai to Chennai; AI308 from Delhi to Melbourne; AI309 from Melbourne to Delhi; AI2204 from Dubai to Hyderabad and domestic flights AI874 from Pune to Delhi; AI456 from Ahmedabad to Delhi; AI-2872 from Hyderabad to Mumbai and AI571 from Chennai to Mumbai have been cancelled due to enhanced maintenance and operational reasons,” an spokesperson of Air India was quoted as saying by the information company ANI.Earlier, on Thursday, the airline mentioned that it’ll scale back flights on numerous worldwide routes per week and briefly droop operations on three routes from June 21 to July 15, 2025.“Further to the press statement released yesterday, 18 June 2025, which announced a temporary reduction in services operated by Boeing 787 and 777 aircraft, we wish to provide details on the flights affected. These reductions will be effective from 21 June 2025, and last until at least 15 July 2025,” the airline mentioned in a submit on X.“The reductions arise from the decision to voluntarily undertake enhanced pre-flight safety checks, as well as accommodate additional flight durations arising from airspace closures in the Middle East. The objective is to restore schedule stability and minimise last-minute inconvenience to passengers,” it mentioned.On June 12, the London-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed right into a hostel complicated of BJ Medical College within the Meghani Nagar space of Gujarat’s Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.The tragedy claimed 241 lives out of 242 onboard, together with former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani.