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~ Adds flight from Mumbai to New York (JFK), Frankfurt and Paris
~ Resumes flights from Delhi to Copenhagen, Milan and Vienna
~ AI to be the only airline to fly non-stop between India and these international destinations
India, 23 November, 2022: Air India, India’s leading airline and a Star Alliance member, today announced the strengthening and expansion of its global footprint with the launch of new flights connecting Mumbai with New York, Paris and Frankfurt, and the resumption of non-stop flights connecting Delhi with Copenhagen, Milan and Vienna.
This expansion comes as the airline continues to make progress in augmenting its fleet with newly-leased aircraft, and the return of existing aircraft to active service.
The new Mumbai-New York service will operate daily to John F Kennedy International Airport using B777-200LR aircraft, and will commence February 14, 2023. It will complement Air India’s existing daily service from Delhi to New York area’s John F Kennedy International Airport and 4 weekly flights to Newark Liberty airport. This takes Air India’s India-US frequency to 47 non-stop flights per week.
To Europe, Air India will add four weekly Delhi-Milan v.v. route starting from February 1, 2023, and thrice-weekly flights on each of Delhi-Vienna v.v. and Delhi-Copenhagen v.v., commencing from February 18 and March 1, 2023 respectively. From Mumbai, new flights are also planned to Paris* (3 weekly) and Frankfurt* (4 weekly) starting next quarter. All these flights will be operated by Air India’s B787-8 Dreamliner aircraft featuring 18 Business Class and 238 Economy Class seats.
With the resumption of these flights, Air India will serve 7 cities in Europe with 79 weekly non-stop flights – 48 to the United Kingdom and 31 to Continental Europe.
Commenting on this expansion, Mr. Campbell Wilson, CEO and MD, Air India, said, “A key element of our five-year transformation plan, Vihaan.AI, is to strengthen India’s global network, connecting India’s major cities with even more destinations. The introduction of these new non-stop flights to New York, Milan, Vienna, Copenhagen, Paris and Frankfurt, is another step in that journey, which will accelerate as our aircraft fleet expands. We look forward to welcoming guests and sharing Air India’s warm Indian hospitality with them.”
Bookings for the new flights, except Paris and Frankfurt, are now open. Paris and Frankfurt schedules, and the opening of bookings, will be announced separately. Please visit www.airindia.in Air India booking offices or your travel agent.
*Schedule yet to be decided
Flight Schedules
Mumbai – New York (JFK) Schedule from February 14, 2023
Flight No
Dept Arp
Dept Time
Arvl Arp
Arrv Time
Type
Frequency
AI 0119
BOM
00:55
JFK
06:55
B777-200LR
Daily
AI 0116
JFK
10:55
BOM
11:35 + 1
B777-200LR
Daily
Delhi – Milan (MXP) Schedule from February 1, 2023
Flight No
Dept Arp
Dept Time
Arvl Arp
Arrv Time
Type
Frequency
AI 0137
DEL
14:20
MXP
18:30
B787-8
4x weekly
AI 0138
MXP
20:00
DEL
08:00 + 1
B787-8
4x weekly
Delhi – Vienna Schedule from February 18, 2023
Flight No
Dept Arp
Dept Time
Arvl Arp
Arrv Time
Type
Frequency
AI 0153
DEL
14:35
VIE
18:45
B787-8
3x weekly
AI 0154
VIE
20:15
DEL
08:05 + 1
B787-8
3x weekly
Delhi – Copenhagen Schedule from March 1, 2023
Flight No
Dept Arp
Dept Time
Arvl Arp
Arrv Time
Type
Frequency
AI 0157
DEL
13:30
CPH
17:50
B787-8
3x weekly
AI 0158
CPH
19:50
DEL
07:40 + 1
B787-8
3x weekly