India has a fairly extensive number of direct air connections to arounf 50 countries located in all the continents with the exception of major regions incl. Central and South America, large parts of Africa and PRC (barring HKSAR). Around 80 international airlines operate regular services to India. Air India (incl. Air India Express, a low-cost regional carrier), India's privatised national air carrier, serves destinations in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. SpiceJet serves mainly South Asian destinations while IndiGo, another Indian low-cost carrier, serves regional destinations including Dubai, Muscat, Kathmandu, Colombo, Jakarta, Singapore and further afield destinations such as Nairobi and Istanbul. Vistara operated international air services between 2019 and Nov '24 followed by the completion of the merger of the airline with Air India. Akasa Air commenced international air services in Mar '24.
The main international gateway airports in India are located at Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kochi, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad. Other airports having international flights include Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Mangaluru, Madurai and Coimbatore, Visakhapatnam and Kozhikode in the southern region - Goa (Dabolim and Manohar), Pune, Surat and Ahmedabad in western India - Varanasi, Amritsar, Lucknow and Jaipur in northern India - Indore and Nagpur in central India and Bhubaneswar, Gaya and Guwahati in eastern India and Sir Vijaya Puram in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Regular international air services resumed on Mar 27 '22 after a hiatus of two years.
From Africa |
|
Air Austral operates a 2xweekly air service from Saint Denis (Réunion) to Chennai using Airbus A220 aircraft. | |
Air Peace operates a 2xweekly nonstop air service between Lagos and Mumbai. | |
Air Mauritius flies from Mauritius to Mumbai (6xweekly) and 2/3xweekly to Delhi and resumed in Apr '24 air connectivity with Chennai which is served 1xweekly. | |
Air Seychelles operates a weekly air service from Mahé (Seychelles Int'l Airport) to Mumbai. | |
Air Tanzania operates a 3xweekly nonstop air service from Dar es Salaam to Mumbai using Boeing 787-8 aircraft. | |
EgyptAir operates a 4/5xweekly air service from Cairo to Mumbai in addition to 3/4xweekly air service Delhi. | |
Ethiopian Airlines flies 2xdaily from Addis Ababa to Mumbai (Boeing 777), 10xweekly to Delhi (Boeing 787), 3xweekly to Bengaluru (Boeing 787/737) and 4xweekly to Chennai. | |
Kenya Airways flies 2xdaily from Nairobi to Mumbai. | |
Uganda Airlines connects Entebbe (serving Kampala) with Mumbai, initially served 3xweekly using Airbus A330neo aircraft. | |
From Asia - Central and West |
|
Air Arabia flies 2xdaily from Sharjah to Delhi (daily), Kochi (4xweekly) and Mumbai, daily to Ahmedabad (2xweekly), Bengaluru (daily), Hyderabad (3xweekly), Kozhikode, Jaipur (4xweekly) and Chennai, 2xdaily to Thiruvananthapuram, 4xweekly to Nagpur and 5xweekly to both Coimbatore and Goa. Air Arabia's subsidiary, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, operates air services connecting Abu Dhabi with Ahmedabad (2xweekly), Chennai (2xweekly), Delhi, Jaipur (2xweekly), Kochi (16-18xweekly), Kolkata (3xweekly), Kozhikode (10xweekly), Mumbai (3xweekly) and Thiruvananthapuram (20xweekly). Ras al Khaimah is connected to Kozhikode 3xweekly. | |
Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed in Apr '24 a weekly air service between Kabul and Delhi. | |
Emirates operates ca 170 weekly flights between Dubai and nine Indian destinations, incl. 9xweekly from Dubai to to Ahmedabad, 3xdaily incl. a daily A380 service to Bengaluru, 3xdaily to Chennai, 4xdaily to Delhi, 3xdaily to Hyderabad, 10xweekly to Kochi, 11xweekly to Kolkata, 5xdaily (incl. one daily Airbus A380 service) to Mumbai and daily to Thiruvananthapuram. | |
Etihad flies from Abu Dhabi to Ahmedabad (2xdaily), Bengaluru (17xweekly), Chennai (3xdaily), Delhi (4xdaily), Hyderabad (10xweekly), Jaipur (4xweekly), Kochi (21xweekly), Kozhikode (daily), Kolkata (8xweekly), Mumbai (4xdaily) and Thiruvananthapuram (10xweekly). | |
flydubai, a low-cost carrier based in Dubai, offers flights from Dubai to Ahmedabad (2xweekly), Delhi (5xweekly), Hyderabad (5xweekly), Kozhikode (3xweekly), Lucknow (3xweekly), Kochi (6xweekly) and Mumbai (5xweekly). | |
flynas, a Saudi Arabian LCC, operates a direct air service from Riyadh to Mumbai (daily) in addition to a direct air service connecting Damman with Lucknow (3xweekly) and Mumbai (4xweekly). Flynas also connects Riyadh with Delhi (daily), Kozhikode (daily/6xweekly wef Jan 1), Lucknow (4xweekly) and Hyderabad (4xweekly). Jeddah is connected with Mumbai on a 4xweekly basis. | |
Gulf Air flies from Bahrain to Bengaluru (7xweekly), Chennai (7xweekly), Delhi (2xdaily), Goa/Dabolim (4xweekly), Hyderabad (7xweekly), Kochi (4xweekly), Kozhikode (daily), Mumbai (2xdaily) and Thiruvananthapuram (4xweekly). | |
Iran Air operates a weekly air service from Tehran (Imam Khomeini Int'l) to Mumbai. | |
Iraqi Airways flies 5xweekly from Baghdad (incl. 1xweekly service via Basra) to Delhi, 4xweekly to Mumbai (incl. 1xweekly service via Najaf) and 5xweekly from Baghdad and Najaf to Ahmedabad | |
Jazeera Airways, a low cost carrier based in Kuwait operates direct air services from Kuwait to Ahmedabad (1xweekly), Bengaluru (2xweekly), Chennai (5xweekly), Delhi (4xweekly), Hyderabad (3xweekly), Kochi (5xweekly), Mumbai (daily) and to Thiruvananthapuram (1xweekly). | |
Kam Air, a private Afghan airline, operates a weekly air service from Kabul to Delhi. | |
Kuwait Airways flies from Kuwait City to Ahmedabad (4xweekly), Bengaluru (3xweekly), Chennai (5xweekly), Delhi (10xweekly), Hyderabad (3xweekly), Kochi (9xweekly), Mumbai (2xdaily) and Thiruvananthapuram (3xweekly). | |
Mahan Air flies 2xweekly from Tehran to Delhi. | |
Oman Air flies from Muscat to Bengaluru (9xweekly), Chennai (11xweekly), Delhi (10xweekly), Goa/Manohar (5xweekly), Hyderabad (7xweekly), Kochi (10xweekly), Kozhikode (7xweekly), Lucknow (10xweekly), Mumbai (10xweekly) and Thiruvananthapuram (7xweekly). | |
Qatar Airways flies daily from Doha to Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Chennai, Goa (daily, switch from Dabolim to Manohar wef Jun 20), Hyderabad, Kolkata, 2xdaily to Delhi, Kochi (11xweekly), Kozhikode (daily), Mumbai (daily), Nagpur (4xweekly to daily) and Thiruvananthapuram (daily). |
|
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) flies from Riyadh to Bengaluru (2xweekly), Delhi (3xweekly), Hyderabad (3xweekly), Kochi (5xweekly), Kozhikode (3xweekly, wef Jan 2 '25), Lucknow (3xweekly) and Mumbai (3xweekly) - from Jeddah to Bengaluru (4xweekly), Chennai (2xweekly till Dec 30), Delhi (9xweekly), Hyderabad (7xweekly), Kochi (4xweekly), Lucknow (4xweekly) and Mumbai (7xweekly) - from Damman to Kochi (1xweekly), Bengaluru (1xweekly) - from Madinah to Mumbai (2xweekly, seasonal) | |
Muscat-based SalamAir operates direct air services from Muscat to Bengaluru (2xweekly), Chennai (2xweekly), Delhi (2xweekly), Hyderabad (4xweekly), Jaipur (6xweekly), Kozhikode (daily), Lucknow (5xweekly) and Mumbai (4xweekly). | |
Turkish Airlines operates daily services from Istanbul to both Delhi and Mumbai. | |
Yemenia operates a 1xweekly air service from Aden to Mumbai. | |
From Asia - CIS Countries |
|
Aero Nomad Airlines, based at Bishkek Manas International airport, operates a 2xweekly from Bishkek to Delhi besides a seasonal air service from Bishkek to Goa. | |
Air Astana operates 11xweekly flights from Almaty to Delhi. | |
Azerbaijan Airlines operates a 3xweekly air services from Baku to both Delhi and Mumbai. | |
An Almaty based low-cost carrier, FlyArystan introduced its first air route to India in May '23 connecting Shymkent, the third largest city and located in southern Kazakhstan, with Delhi on a 2xweekly basis. The airline's second air service to India connects Almaty with Delhi 3xweekly while a 2xweekly service connects Almaty with Mumbai. | |
Somon Air flies weekly from Dushanbe to Delhi. | |
Turkmenistan Airlines operates a 2xweekly air service from Ashgabat to Delhi. | |
Uzbekistan Airways serves Delhi 4xweekly from Tashkent. The Tashkent to Mumbai service operates on a 2xweekly basis. | |
From Asia - East |
|
All Nippon Airways (ANA) operates nonstop air services from Tokyo Int'l (Haneda) airport to Delhi (3xweekly) and from Tokyo Narita to Mumbai (2xweekly). ANA launched a 3xweekly air service from Tokyo Narita to Chennai in Oct '19 which is currently not operated. | |
Asiana Airlines flies 2-3xweekly from Seoul's Incheon International airport to Delhi. | |
Cathay Pacific flies from Hong Kong to Bengaluru (4xweekly), Chennai (3xweekly), Delhi (2xdaily), Hyderabad (resumes on Mar '30 '25 initially 3xweekly and incr. to 5xweekly wef Sep 1 '25) and Mumbai (10xweekly). | |
Japan Airlines operates a daily Boeing 787 Dreamliner service from Tokyo Haneda to Delhi in addition to a 5xweekly nonstop service from Tokyo Narita to Bengaluru. | |
Korean Air flies 3xweekly from Seoul/Incheon to Delhi. | |
From Asia - South |
|
Bhutan Airlines operates a 4xweekly service from Paro to Bangkok via Kolkata. The airline also operates a 6xweekly nonstop air service from Paro to Delhi and a 2xweekly service from Paro to Delhi via Kathmandu. The airline also operates a 2xweekly Paro to Bangkok/Suvarnabhumi via Gaya service. | |
Biman Bangladesh Airlines flies daily from Dhaka to Kolkata, 3xweekly to Delhi and 2xweekly (6xweekly wef Jan 2 '25) to Chennai. | |
Buddha Air operates a twice weekly air service from Kathmandu to Varanasi using ATR 72 aircraft. | |
Drukair (Royal Bhutan Airlines), Bhutan's national airline, operates a 2xweekly air service from Paro to Bangkok via Bagdogra, 2xweekly (seasonal) to Gaya, 6xweekly (of which 4xweekly via Kathmandu) to Delhi and 3xweekly to Kolkata. A 2xweekly service from Paro to Singapore via Guwahati is also operated. | |
FitsAir, a SriLankan airline, operates a 3xweekly air service connecting Colombo with Chennai. | |
Maldivian flies 4xweekly from Malé International Airport to both Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, seasonally from Hanimaadhoo to Thiruvananthapuram and 2xweekly from Malé to Bengaluru. | |
Manta Air operates a 3xweekly air service from Dhaalu to Bengaluru. | |
MAI flies 3xweekly (seasonally) from Yangon to Gaya and 3xweekly from Yangon to Delhi, 3xweekly to Kolkata and 2xweekly Chennai. | |
Nepal Airlines flies 2xdaily from Kathmandu to Delhi and 3xweekly to both Mumbai and Bengaluru. | |
Novoair operates a daily ATR-72 service from Dhaka to Kolkata. | |
SriLankan Airlines flies 10xweekly from Colombo to Bengaluru, Chennai (20xweekly), Delhi (2xdaily), Hyderabad (daily), Kochi (2xdaily), Madurai (daily), Mumbai (daily), Thiruvananthapuram (daily) and Tiruchirappalli (daily). | |
US-Bangla Airlines flies 2xdaily from Dhaka to Kolkata, 11xweekly from Dhaka to Chennai and daily from Chattogram to Kolkata. | |
From Asia/Australasia - Southeast and Australia |
|
AirAsia flies from Kuala Lumpur to the following Indian destinations: Amritsar (4xweekly), Bengaluru (4xweekly), Chennai (2xdaily), Guwahati (3xweekly), Hyderabad (8xweekly), Kochi (17xweekly), Kolkata (daily), Kozhikode (3xweekly), Lucknow (3xweekly), Sri Vijaya Puram (Port Blair) - 3xweekly, Thiruvananthapuram (4xweekly) and Tiruchirappalli (12xweekly). AirAsia Thailand flies 4xweekly from Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi (wef Dec 15, 2xweekly), Gaya (seasonal), Guwahati (3xweekly), Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow (3xweekly), Tiruchirappalli (3xweekly) and Visakhapatnam (3xweekly). AirAsia X operates a couple of air services to India - a 4xweekly service from Kuala Lumpur to Delhi and 3xweekly to Jaipur. |
|
Batik Air operates two daily nonstop air services to Chennai, the other one served from Medan while other air service originates in Jakarta with a stopover in Kuala Lumpur. | |
Batik Air Malaysia (previously Malindo Air) flies from Kuala Lumpur to Tiruchirapalli (2xdaily) and Delhi. Other Indian routes to be resumed include a daily service from Kuala Lumpur to Mumbai, Kochi (4xweekly), Kolkata (5xweekly), Bengaluru (2xweekly) and Amritsar (3xweekly). | |
Malaysia Airlines flies from Kuala Lumpur to Ahmedabad (4xweekly), Amritsar (9xweekly), Bengaluru (10xweekly), Chennai (10xweekly), Delhi (5xweekly), Hyderabad (daily), Kochi (7xweekly), Kolkata (5xweekly), Mumbai (9-10xweekly) and Thiruvananthapuram (4xweekly). | |
Nok Air, a Thailand based LCC, serves Hyderabad 3/4xweekly from its base at Don Mueang airport using Boeing 737-800 aircraft in addition to providing eight weekly air services from Bangkok/Don Mueang to Mumbai. | |
Qantas operates a 4xweekly air service from Melbourne to Delhi and a 5xweekly (daily wef Dec 12 thru late Mar '25) nonstop air service connecting Sydney with Bengaluru. | |
Royal Brunei Airlines resumed operations in India with the launch of a 3xweekly Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei Intl' Airport) to Chennai air service in Nov '24. The airline had briefly served Kolkata in the mid-1990s. | |
Scoot flies from Singapore to Amritsar (5xweekly), Chennai (daily), Thiruvananthapuram (daily), 2xdaily to Tiruchirappalli, daily to Coimbatore and 5xweekly to Visakhapatnam. | |
Singapore Airlines (SIA) flies daily from Singapore to Ahmedabad, 2xdaily to Bengaluru, 14xweekly to Chennai, 2xdaily (A380 service resumed in Feb '22 but was replaced by Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from Dec '22) to Delhi, 12xweekly (2xdaily Oct 27 thru Feb 2 '25) to Hyderabad, 2xdaily Oct 27 thru Feb 2 '25) to Kochi, daily to Kolkata and 16xweekly (daily A380 service resumed in Jan '22) to Mumbai. | |
Thai Airways flies from Bangkok/Suvarnabhumi to Ahmedabad (daily), Bengaluru (daily), Kochi (5/7xweekly), Kolkata (daily), Chennai (daily), Delhi (22xweekly), Mumbai (11xweekly) and Hyderabad (daily). | |
Thai Lion Air operates a direct air services from Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Mumbai (daily), Ahmedabad(4xweekly) and Bengaluru (4xweekly). Other routes served include Phuket to Bengaluru and Mumbai, each served weekly. Thai Lion Air has announced three additional air services from Bangkok (Don Mueang) to India incl. Amritsar (4xweekly), Chennai (wef Dev 15, 4xweekly) and Kolkata (wef Dec 16, 4xweekly). | |
Thai Smile Air flies daily (seasonal) from Bangkok to Gaya, 3xweekly to Jaipur, 3xweekly to Lucknow, 3xweekly to Varanasi and 3xweekly from Phuket to Mumbai. | |
Vietjet (VietJet Air), Vietnam's leading LCC, operates a 4xweekly air service from Ho Chi Minh City to Delhi and 4xweekly to Kochi in addition to a 3xweekly air service from Hanoi to Delhi. The airline also serves Mumbai 3xweekly from Hanoi and 4xweekly from Ho Chi Minh City. Phu Quoc is connected to both Delhi (3xweekly) and Mumbai (4xweekly). The airline also operates 2xweekly from Da Nang to Ahmedabad. Both Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are connected with Ahmedabad (daily each). | |
Vietnam Airlines operates two services to India, namely Hanoi to Delhi (4xweekly) and Ho Chi Minh City to Delhi (3xweekly). The airline also connects both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with Mumbai 3xweekly and 4xweekly respectively. | |
From Europe |
|
Aeroflot flies 3xweekly (4xweekly) from Moscow (Sheremetyevo A.S. Pushkin) to Delhi. Aeroflot earlier on announced the resumption a nonstop air service from Moscow (Sheremetyevo A.S. Pushkin) to Mumbai. Aeroflot had previously served Mumbai up to 2009. Aeroflot resumed in Nov '22 a seasonal 3xweekly air service from Moscow (Sheremetyevo A.S. Pushkin) to Goa. | |
Air France flies from Paris CDG to Delhi (10xweekly), Mumbai (daily-10xweekly) and Bengaluru (daily). | |
Belavia, the flag carrier of Belarus, operates a weekly nonstop air service between Minsk and Delhi. | |
British Airways flies from London Heathrow to Bengaluru (daily), Chennai (daily), Delhi (2xdaily), Mumbai (12xweekly to 2xdaily) and Hyderabad (daily). British Airways operates Airbus A350-1000XWB aircraft on the London to Bengaluru route. | |
Finnair operates a daily nonstop air service from Helsinki to Delhi. | |
ITA Airways, Italy's flag carrier, inaugurated a Rome to Delhi air service in Dec '22. The route is operated daily. | |
KLM flies daily (10xweekly Jan 13 '25 thru Mar 2 '25) from Amsterdam to Delhi, daily to Mumbai and 6xweekly to Bengaluru. KLM has announced resumption of a direct air service from Amsterdam to Hyderabad eff. from Sep 2 '25. The route was last served in 2009. | |
LOT Polish Airlines flies 5xweekly from Warsaw to Delhi and 2xweekly from Warsaw to Mumbai. | |
Lufthansa flies daily from Frankfurt to Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai and 5xweekly to Chennai. Lufthansa also operates 5xweekly to daily air services from Munich to both Delhi and Mumbai in addition to Bengaluru which is served 4-6xweekly. Lufthansa uses Airbus A350 equipment on the Munich-Mumbai route and previously on the Munich-Delhi route which incidentally was the airline's inaugural route for this aircraft type. Lufthansa reintroduced a daily Airbus A380 service (last served in early 2020 on the Frankfurt to Delhi route) in Mar '24 on its Munich to Delhi service. The Frankfurt to Hyderabad route was reinstated in Jan '24 and is served 6xweekly. | |
The Italian airline Neos, headquartered in Somma Lombardo in northern Italy, operates direct air services from Milan/Malpensa, Bergamo and Rome/Fiumicino to Amritsar. | |
Swiss International flies daily from Zürich to both Mumbai and Delhi. | |
Virgin Atlantic flies from London (Heathrow) to both Delhi (2xdaily) and Mumbai (2xdaily). The airline launched in Mar '24 a daily nonstop service from London (Heathrow) to Bengaluru. | |
From North America |
|
Air Canada operates a daily nonstop air service between Toronto and Delhi using Boeing 777-200LR aircraft. Air Canada also operates a daily nonstop service linking Canada's second largest city Montréal with Delhi served by Boeing 787-9 aircraft. Air Canada also operates a nonstop 3/4xweekly seasonal service (resumes wef Dec 6) from Toronto to Mumbai (inbound service till end-Jan incl. a technical stop in Frankfurt). Calgary is connected to Delhi with a direct daily air service using Boeing 787-9 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft via London (Heathrow) on a seasonal basis (thru Mar 29 '25). | |
American Airlines commenced a daily nonstop air service in Oct '21 connecting New York (JFK) with Delhi using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. American had previously served India by operating a daily nonstop service between Chicago and Delhi from 2005 till 2012. | |
United operates a 2xdaily air service from Newark to Delhi. |