2026

2026

Air India to operate 36 additional flights to Europe and Canada from 19-28 March

New Delhi, 18th March 2026: Air India has issued a fresh operational schedule where it will continue to operate additional 36 lights to key destinations in Europe and North America through 19- 28 March 2026.This is due to the continued high demand for international travel due to the ongoing situation in the West Asia region. Between 19 and 28 March 2026, Air India will operate 36 extra flights on the following routes: 1. Delhi-London (Heathrow) 2. Mumbai-London (Heathrow) 3. Delhi-Frankfurt 4. Delhi-Zurich 5. Delhi-Toronto Together, these flights will add 10,012 seats on the five routes, further boosting capacity and providing more choice to travellers when travel options remain limited.These services follow Air India’s recently announced capacity augmentation between 10 and 18 March with 78 additional flights on nine routes.

2026

Air India and AIX to commence operations at the new T2 of Guwahati Airport

Gurugram,16th March 2026: Air India and Air India Express will be operating all their flights to and from the newly inaugurated Terminal 2 of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati from 16 March. The first Air India flight to land at the new terminal will be AI879 from Delhi and the return flight AI880 will be Air India’s first departure from T2 Guwahati Airport to Delhi. Air India Express flight IX1517 from Kolkatawill be its first flight to touch down at the new terminal and the same flight’s onward journey to Imphal will be the Air India Express’s first flight to depart from T2, Guwahati Airport. Air India currently operates two daily return flightsbetween Delhi and Guwahati, while Air India Express connects Guwahati with 17 daily flights to Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, and Kolkata. The ground teams of Air India and Air India Express will extend all support and assistance to the guests at the new terminal.

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The current edition of Aviation World has covered many areas of Aerospace & Defence based on the latest development in the sector. The front cover highlights three different images, first for the Union Civil Aviation Minister ….. who is leading from the front to steer Indian Civil Aviation sector to witness one of the most interesting phases. He is also facing most tumultuous timing due to the ongoing financial stress in the Aviation sector due to ATF rising cost and long airspace restrictions resulting in mounting losses for Indian carriers. Despite of all the ground level challenges,the minister is addressing new things on regular basis which keeps the sector motivated. We have featured many such developmental works in this edition done under his guidance which will be interesting to read.

Our lead story on “ The West War” is another important feature which covers the ground level reality of the challenges faced by the Aviation sector. Its though time ahead and we believe it will pass soon .

There are features on Regional connectivity and MoCA revised rules on the UDAN 2.0 and how its going to transform the flying experience within India.

In this edition, we have covered topics on MRO,Various Policy changes,Sea Plane Operations by SkyHop Aviation, TATA-Airbus joint project on C295 military aircraft under Make In India which is expected to roll out soon and many other interesting contents which will be good to read.

We are covering Farnborough International Airshow 2026 from 20-24July 2026 in London and our next edition will be based on the same event.For features, you may contact our team on priority basis.

 

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