Flying to India (Pre-COVID Period)
India had a fairly extensive set of direct air connections to ca 55 countries located in all the continents with the exception Central and South America where no direct flights existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 80 international airlines flew to India. Air India (incl. Air India Express, a low-cost regional carrier), India's national air carrier, served destinations in Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and North America. SpiceJet served South Asian destinations while IndiGo, another Indian low-cost carrier, served regional destinations including Dubai, Muscat, Kathmandu, Colombo, Singapore and Bangkok. GoAir commenced international air services in Oct 2018 initially serving Phuket and Malé. Vistara began international air services in Aug '19. Jet Airways, with an extensive international network at its peak, ceased operations in Apr '19.
The main international gateway airports in India are located at Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kochi, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad. Other airports having international flights include Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Mangaluru, Madurai and Coimbatore, Visakhapatnam and Kozhikode in the southern region - Goa, Pune, Surat and Ahmedabad in western India - Varanasi, Amritsar, Lucknow and Jaipur in northern India - Nagpur in central India and Bhubaneswar, Gaya and Guwahati in eastern India. Kerala's fourth international airport at Kannur began commercial operations in Dec '18.
COVID-19 Pandemic Related Passenger Air Travel Restriction Updates:
- Several countries having air transport bubble agreements with India have temporarily restricted or banned air services to/from India due to the prevailing second pandemic wave in India.
- All international commercial and scheduled airline passenger services are suspended till further notice.
- Bilateral air transport bubbles (limited mainly to passenger repatriation between India and the respective destination countries) agreements are in place with Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Maldives, Netherlands, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, UAE, Ukraine, UK, USA and Uzbekistan.
- Domestic commercial and scheduled airline passenger services commenced on May 25 '20
- Flight resumption dates and frequencies listed below (in italics) are tentative schedules announced by airlines and are subject to air travel restrictions and changes
- Airlines with pre-COVID services to India, are grayed-out until flight resumption info has been announced.
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Air India "Vande Bharat Mission" evacuation and air bubble flights and routes (Mar 28 - Oct 31)
Air India Express "Vande Bharat Mission" evacuation and air bubble flight schedule
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Announced New (or to be Resumed) Passenger Air Routes to India
- Latest flight additions in bold and are operated under bilateral air transport bubble agreements (note: some of the air services may be temporary in nature operated under the VBM scheme)
- Aeroflot: Moscow (Sheremetyevo) to Mumbai (TBA, 5xweekly)
- Air Arabia Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi to Jaipur (TBA, daily)
- AirAsia X: Kuala Lumpur to Ahmedabad (TBA, 4xweekly)
- Air Astana: Almaty to Mumbai (TBA, 4xweekly)
- Air Canada: Montréal to Delhi (wef Apr 18, 3xweekly)
- Air France: Paris/CDG to Chennai (wef Jun 26, 1xweekly)
- Air India: Bengaluru to San Francisco (wef Jan 11, 2xweekly)
- Air India: Delhi to Vancouver (wef Oct 25 '20, 3xweekly)
- Air India: Hyderabad to Chicago (wef Jan 9 '21, 2xweekly)
- Air India Express: Tiruchirappalli to Abu Dhabi (TBA, 4xweekly)
- Air India Express: Tiruchirappalli to Doha (TBA, 3xweekly)
- Air Seychelles: Mahé to Mumbai (resumption wef Apr 7, 2xweekly)
- American Airlines: New York (JFK) to Delhi (wef Oct 31 daily)
- American Airlines: Seattle to Bengaluru (wef Oct 31 daily)
- Biman Bangladesh: Dhaka to Chennai (suspended till further notice)
- Drukair: Paro to Dubai via Delhi (wef TBA, 2xweekly)
- Ethiopian Airlines: Addis Ababa to Chennai (TBA, 3xweekly)
- GoAir: Bengaluru to Colombo (TBA, 5xweekly)
- GoAir: Delhi to Colombo (TBA, 5xweekly)
- GoAir: Delhi to Sharjah (wef Jan 1, 4xweekly)
- GoAir: Hyderabad to Malé (wef Feb 11 seasonal, 4xweekly)
- GoAir: Kannur to Sharjah (wef Jan 1, 4xweekly)
- GoAir: Kochi to Sharjah (wef Jan 2, 2xweekly)
- GoAir: Mumbai to Doha (TBA, daily)
- GoAir: Mumbai to Sharjah (wef Jan 1, 4xweekly)
- IndiGo: Bengaluru to Doha (TBA, daily)
- IndiGo: Bengaluru to Jeddah (TBA, daily)
- IndiGo: Chennai to Dhaka (wef Nov 5 '20, 1xweekly)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Bangkok/Suvarnabhumi (TBA, daily)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Dhaka (wef Nov 7 '20, 2xweekly)
- IndiGo: Hyderabad to Singapore (TBA, daily)
- IndiGo: Kolkata to Chattogram (wef Nov 16 '20, 3xweekly)
- IndiGo: Kolkata to Dhaka (wef Nov 4 '20, 3xweekly)
- IndiGo: Kozhikode to Jeddah (TBA, daily)
- IndiGo: Kozhikode to Riyadh (TBA, daily)
- IndiGo: Mumbai to Chengdu (TBA, daily)
- IndiGo: Mumbai to Kathmandu (TBA, daily)
- Japan Airlines: Tokyo (Haneda) to Bengaluru (wef Mar 12, 2xmonthly)
- Lufthansa: Munich to Bengaluru (wef TBA, 5xweekly), postponed till at least Apr
- Maldivian: Maafaru to Mumbai (wef Apr 13, 3xweekly)
- SpiceJet: Chennai to Dhaka (wef Nov 6 '20, 3xweekly)
- SpiceJet: Delhi to Ahmedabad (wef Oct 21 '20, 2xweekly)
- SpiceJet: Delhi to Dhaka (wef Nov 5 '20, 2xweekly)
- SpiceJet: Delhi to London (Heathrow) - wef Dec 4 '20, 1xweekly
- SpiceJet: Delhi to Muscat (wef Oct 22 '20, 2xweekly)
- SpiceJet: Delhi to Ras Al Khaimah (wef Nov 26 '20, 4xweekly)
- SpiceJet: Kolkata to Chattogram (wef Nov 5 '20, 4xweekly)
- SpiceJet: Kolkata to Dhaka (wef Nov 5 '20, 4xweekly)
- SpiceJet: Mumbai to London (Heathrow) - wef Dec 6 '20, 1xweekly
- SpiceJet: Mumbai to Ras Al Khaimah - wef Jan 15, 2xweekly
- United Airlines: Chicago to Delhi (wef Dec 10 '20, daily)
- United Airlines: San Francisco to Bengaluru (wef Aug 1, daily)
- Uzbekistan Airways: Tashkent to Delhi (resumption Mar 5, 2xweekly)
- Vietjet: Da Nang to Delhi (wef TBA, 5xweekly)
- Vietjet: Hanoi to Mumbai (wef TBA, 3xweekly)
- Vietjet: Ho Chi Minh City to Mumbai (wef TBA, 4xweekly)
- Vistara: Delhi to Dhaka (wef Nov 5 '20, 2xweekly)
- Vistara: Delhi to Doha (wef Nov 19 '20, 2xweekly)
- Vistara: Delhi to Frankfurt (wef Feb 18, 2xweekly)
- Vistara: Delhi to Sharjah (wef Jan 20, daily)
- Vistara: Delhi to Tokyo/Haneda (wef Jul 7, 1xweekly)
- Vistara: Mumbai to London/Heathrow (wef Jan 26, 3xweekly)
- Vistara: Mumbai to Malé (wef Mar 3 seasonal, 3xweekly)
- Vistara: Mumbai to Sharjah (wef Jan 24, daily)
Potential (or pre-announced) Future Passenger Air Routes to India
- Alliance Air (Air India): Chennai to Batticaloa
- Alliance Air (Air India): Tiruchirappalli to Jaffna
- Air Peace: Lagos to Mumbai
- Flypop: London Stansted to possible routes: Ahmedabad and Amritsar
- IndiGo: Moscow
- LOT Polish Airlines: Warsaw to Bengaluru
- Qantas: Australia to India
- Regent Airways: Dhaka to Chennai
- Uganda Airlines: Entebbe to Mumbai
- Vistara: Delhi to Paris
- Air India: Amritsar to London (Stansted) - wef Oct 31, 3xweekly
- Air India: Bengaluru to Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi (4xweekly)
- Air India: Bengaluru to London-Heathrow (3xweekly)
- Air India: Delhi to Doha (wef Oct 29, 4xweekly)
- Air India: Delhi to Hong Kong (wef Sep 18, daily) - replaces earlier Mumbai-Delhi-Hong Kong-Seoul and Mumbai-Delhi-Hong Kong-Osaka services
- Air India: Delhi to Najaf (wef Fab 14, 2xweekly)
- Air India: Delhi to Seoul (wef Sep 19, 4xweekly) - replaces present Mumbai-Delhi-Hong Kong-Seoul service
- Air India: Delhi to Toronto (wef Sep 27, 3xweekly)
- Air India: Indore to Dubai (3xweekly, wef Jul 15)
- Air India: Kolkata to Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi (3xweekly)
- Air India: Kolkata to Dubai (4xweekly, wef Jul 15)
- Air India: Kozhikode to Jeddah, (2xweekly, wef Feb 16)
- Air India: Mumbai to Colombo (wef Oct 27, 5xweekly)
- Air India: Mumbai to Doha, (3xweekly, wef Feb 21)
- Air India: Mumbai to Frankfurt (4xweekly)
- Air India: Mumbai to Kuwait (wef Oct 27, daily)
- Air India: Mumbai to Nairobi (4xweekly, wef Nov 27 - decreased to 3xweekly wef Jan 8 '20)
- Air India: Mumbai to New York City/JFK (3xweekly)
- Air India: Mumbai to London/Stansted, (3xweekly, wef Feb 20 - Discontinued wef Mar 27)
- Air India Express: Bengaluru to Singapore (4xweekly)
- Air India Express: Kannur to Abu Dhabi (5xweekly)
- Air India Express: Kannur to Doha (5xweekly)
- Air India Express: Kannur to Kuwait via Bahrain (wef Apr 1, 2xweekly)
- Air India Express: Kannur to Muscat (wef Apr 1, 3xweekly)
- Air India Express: Kannur to Riyadh (3xweekly decreased to 2xweekly wef Mar 31 '19)
- Air India Express: Kannur to Sharjah (7xweekly)
- Air India Express: Surat to Sharjah (wef Feb 16, 2xweekly)
- Air Italy: Milan to Delhi (3xweekly) - terminated in Mar '19
- Air Italy: Milan to Mumbai (3xweekly) - terminated in Feb '19
- Air Tanzania: Dar es Salaam to Mumbai (wef Jul 17, 3xweekly)
- Alliance Air (Air India): Chennai to Jaffna (3xweekly, wef Nov 11)
- All Nippon Airways: Tokyo (Narita) to Chennai (wef Oct 27, 3xweekly)
- Arkia Airlines: Tel Aviv to Goa (all year round excl. summer, 1xweekly wef Oct 16)
- Arkia Airlines: Tel Aviv to Kochi (wef Sep 27, 2xweekly)
- Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL): Baku to Delhi (2xweekly wef Jun 25)
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines: Dhaka to Delhi (wef May 13, 3xweekly)
- Bhutan Airlines: Paro to Mumbai outbound via Kolkata (technical stop) - temporary service wef Oct 27 to Nov 27, 2xweekly
- Buddha Air: Kathmandu to Kolkata (wef May 27, 3xweekly / service terminated in Dec '19)
- Delta Airlines: New York City (JFK) to Mumbai (wef Dec 22, daily)
- Drukair: Paro to Ahmedabad with a technical stop at Bagdogra (wef Apr 30, limited (11x) flights till Jun 10)
- Drukair: Paro to Pakyong (wef Jan 1, 2xweekly)
- Ethiopian Airlines: Addis Ababa to Bengaluru (wef Oct 27, 4xweekly)
- flydubai: Dubai to Kozhikode (wef Feb 1, 3xweekly)
- flynas: Damman to Lucknow (wef Oct 15, 3xweekly)
- flynas: Riyadh to Delhi (wef Jul 1, 5xweekly)
- flynas: Riyadh to Kozhikode (wef Oct 15, 3xweekly)
- flynas: Riyadh to Lucknow (wef Oct 15, 3xweekly)
- GoAir: Bengaluru to Malé (2xweekly) / service relaunched on Dec 1 '19
- GoAir: Bengaluru to Phuket (daily)
- GoAir: Bengaluru to Singapore (wef Oct 18, 4xweekly)
- GoAir: Delhi to Abu Dhabi (wef Jul 19, daily)
- GoAir: Delhi to Bangkok/Suvarnabhumi (wef Jul 25, daily)
- GoAir: Delhi to Malé (3xweekly) / service relaunched on Dec 1 '19
- GoAir: Delhi to Phuket (daily)
- GoAir: Kannur to Abu Dhabi (wef Mar 1, daily)
- GoAir: Kannur to Damman (wef Dec 19, 4xweekly)
- GoAir: Kannur to Dubai (wef Jul 25, daily)
- GoAir: Kannur to Kuwait (wef Sep 19, daily)
- GoAir: Kannur to Muscat (wef Feb 28, daily)
- GoAir: Kolkata to Singapore (wef Oct 19, 3xweekly)
- GoAir: Mumbai to Abu Dhabi (wef Jul 19, daily)
- GoAir: Mumbai to Bangkok/Suvarnabhumi (wef Aug 1, daily)
- GoAir: Mumbai to Malé (3xweekly) - relaunched on Dec 1
- GoAir: Mumbai to Muscat (wef Jul 20, daily)
- GoAir: Mumbai to Phuket (daily)
- IndiGo: Ahmedabad to Dubai (daily)
- IndiGo: Ahmedabad to Kuwait (3xweekly)
- IndiGo: Ahmedabad to Muscat (4xweekly) / service terminated in Feb '19
- IndiGo: Amritsar to Dubai (daily)
- IndiGo: Amritsar to Sharjah (wef Oct 1, daily)
- IndiGo: Bengaluru to Bangkok (6xweekly)
- IndiGo: Bengaluru to Hong Kong (daily)
- IndiGo: Bengaluru to Kuala Lumpur (daily)
- IndiGo: Bengaluru to Malé (2xweekly)
- IndiGo: Bengaluru to Phuket (6xweekly)
- IndiGo: Chennai to Bangkok (daily)
- IndiGo: Chennai to Kuala Lumpur (wef Jul 15, 2xdaily)
- IndiGo: Chennai to Kuwait (daily)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Abu Dhabi (wef Jun 5, daily)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Chengdu (wef Sep 15, daily)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Damman (wef Mar 10, daily)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Dhaka (wef Aug 22, daily)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Istanbul outbound via Doha (technical stop) and inbound via Dubai or Ahmedabad (wef Mar 20, daily)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Jeddah (wef Jul 25, daily)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Kuala Lumpur (daily)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Kuwait (wef Oct 12, daily)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Riyadh (wef Oct 12, daily)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Singapore (wef Sep 12, daily)
- IndiGo: Delhi to Phuket (6xweekly)
- IndiGo: Hyderabad to Bangkok (daily)
- IndiGo: Hyderabad to Damman (wef Feb 16, daily)
- IndiGo: Kannur to Doha (Mar 15, daily)
- IndiGo: Kannur to Kuwait (Mar 15, 6xweekly)
- IndiGo: Kochi to Abu Dhabi ( daily)
- IndiGo: Kochi to Jeddah (wef Sep 16, daily)
- IndiGo: Kochi to Kuwait (daily)
- IndiGo: Kochi to Malé (daily) - to be discontd. wef Nov 20 '19
- IndiGo: Kochi to Muscat (wef Feb 15, daily), relaunch
- IndiGo: Kolkata to Dubai (wef Feb 16, daily)
- IndiGo: Kolkata to Guangzhou (wef Oct 20, daily)
- IndiGo: Kolkata to Hanoi (wef Oct 3, daily)
- IndiGo: Kolkata to Ho Chi Minh City (wef Oct 18, daily)
- IndiGo: Kolkata to Hong Kong (wef Sep 4, daily - terminated wef Oct 27 '19)
- IndiGo: Kolkata to Yangon (wef Sep 20, daily)
- IndiGo: Kozhikode to Abu Dhabi (daily)
- IndiGo: Kozhikode to Damman (wef Mar 10, daily)
- IndiGo: Mumbai to Abu Dhabi (wef Jun 5, daily)
- IndiGo: Mumbai to Bangkok/Suvarnabhumi (wef Aug 22, daily)
- IndiGo: Mumbai to Damman (wef Mar 7, daily and an additional daily service wef Mar 29)
- IndiGo: Mumbai to Jeddah (wef Jun 5, daily)
- IndiGo: Mumbai to Kuwait (wef Aug 5, daily)
- IndiGo: Mumbai to Malé (5xweekly)
- IndiGo: Mumbai to Riyadh (wef Oct 12, daily)
- IndiGo: Mumbai to Singapore (wef Aug 22, daily)
- IndiGo: Thiruvananthapuram to Damman (wef Mar 7, daily and an additional daily service wef Mar 29)
- IndiGo: Varanasi to Bangkok (daily)
- IndiGo: Vijayawada to Singapore (2xweekly) - terminated in Jun '19
- Jazeera Airways: Kuwait to Delhi (4xweekly)
- Jet Airways: Mumbai to Manchester (5xweekly) - terminated in Mar '19
- Jet Airways: Pune to Singapore (daily) - terminated in Mar '19
- KLM: Amsterdam to Bengaluru (wef Oct 30, 3xweekly)
- LOT Polish Airlines: Warsaw to Delhi (wef Sep 12, 5xweekly)
- Malaysia Airlines: Kuala Lumpur to Kochi (wef Mar 31, daily)
- Maldivian: Malé via Hanimaadhoo to Kochi (wef Oct 27, 3xweekly)
- Malindo Air: Kuala Lumpur to Kolkata (5xweekly)
- Malindo Air: Kuala Lumpur to Varanasi (wef Jul 18, 3xweekly)
- Nok Air: Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Guwahati (wef Sep 21, 2xweekly) - suspended wef Jan 20 '20 till at least Apr 12 '20
- NokScoot: Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Delhi (4xweekly)
- RwandAir: Mumbai to Guangzhou (extension of present Kigali-Mumbai service, wef Jun 18, 4xweekly)
- Saudia: Jeddah to Kozhikode (4xweekly - Dec, 5xweekly wef Jan 13)
- Saudia: Riyadh to Kozhikode (3xweekly - Dec, 2xweekly wef Jan 13)
- Somon Air: Dushanbe to Delhi (wef Dec 1, 1xweekly)
- SpiceJet: Ahmedabad to Jeddah (wef Feb 20, daily)
- SpiceJet: Amritsar to Bangkok (daily)
- SpiceJet: Delhi to Dhaka (wef Jul 31, daily)
- SpiceJet: Delhi to Hong Kong (daily)
- SpiceJet: Delhi to Jeddah (wef Jul 31, daily)
- SpiceJet: Guwahati to Dhaka (wef Jul 1, daily) - suspended in Sep '19
- SpiceJet: Hyderabad to Bangkok (daily)
- SpiceJet: Hyderabad to Colombo (wef Apr 15, 5xweekly)
- SpiceJet: Hyderabad to Jeddah (wef Mar 25, daily)
- SpiceJet: Kozhikode to Jeddah (wef Apr 20, daily)
- SpiceJet: Mumbai to Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi), wef May 17, daily
- SpiceJet: Mumbai to Dhaka (wef Jul 25, daily
- SpiceJet: Mumbai to Hong Kong (suspended at least till Mar 28, daily))
- SpiceJet: Mumbai to Jeddah (wef Jul 5, daily)
- SpiceJet: Mumbai to Riyadh (wef Aug 15, daily)
- Thai AirAsia: Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Ahmedabad (wef May 31, 4xweekly)
- Thai AirAsia: Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Bhubaneswar (3xweekly) - This route was withdrawn in Sep '19
- Thai AirAsia: Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Gaya (4xweekly and seasonal upto Mar 29)
- Thai AirAsia: Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Visakhapatnam (4xweekly) - This route was withdrawn in Sep '19
- Thai Smile: Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi) to Ahmedabad (wef Oct 28, 4xweekly)
- Thai Smile: Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi) to Kolkata (wef Mar 31, 5xweekly)
- United: San Francisco to Delhi (daily wef Dec 5 and 3xweekly wef Mar 27 '20)
- US-Bangla Airlines: Dhaka via Chattogram to Chennai (wef Mar 31, 3xweekly)
- Uzbekistan Airways: Tashkent to Mumbai (3xweekly)
- Vietjet: Hanoi to Delhi (wef Dec 7, 3xweekly - to be increased to daily wef Mar 29)
- Vietjet: Ho Chi Minh City to Delhi (wef Dec 6, 4xweekly - to be increased to daily wef Mar 29)
- Virgin Atlantic: London (Heathrow) to Mumbai (wef Oct 27, daily)
- Vistara: Delhi to Bangkok/Suvarnabhumi (wef Aug 27, daily)
- Vistara: Delhi to Kathmandu (wef Feb 11, daily)
- Vistara: Delhi to Singapore (wef Aug 6, daily)
- Vistara: Mumbai to Colombo (wef Nov 25th, 6xweekly)
- Vistara: Mumbai to Dubai (wef Aug 21, daily)
- Vistara: Mumbai to Singapore (wef Aug 7, daily)
- WOW air: Reykjavík (Keflavík) to Delhi (3xweekly) / Service terminated in Jan '19
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International Air Traffic To/From India (Passengers Carried / 2017 - Q1/2020)
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Pre-COVID airline services grayed-out / Announced (or tentative) airline route resumption dates in italics
International Air Routes to India - Indian Airline Operators
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Air India flies (pre-Covid destinations) to New York (JFK), Chicago, Washington, D.C, Newark, Toronto, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Birmingham (UK), London (Heathrow), London (Stansted), Paris (CDG), Madrid, Milan, Rome, Vienna, Frankfurt, Colombo, Jaffna, Dhaka, Kabul, Kathmandu, Yangon, Male, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo (Narita), San Francisco, Sydney, Melbourne, Nairobi, Najaf and Tel Aviv. Gulf destinations include Abu Dhabi, Damman, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait, Riyadh and Sharjah. Air India also operates nonstop services from both Ahmedabad and Bengaluru to London (Heathrow), a nonstop service from Amritsar to Birmingham and a direct service (via Delhi) from Hyderabad to Chicago. All other long-haul flights originate from either Air India's main hub Delhi or Mumbai. Air India is operating hitherto unserved routes under air transport bubble agreements. These include Bengaluru to Frankfurt, Bengaluru to London (Heathrow), Goa to London (Heathrow), Kochi to London (Heathrow) and Kolkata to London (Heathrow). |
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Air India Express, Air India's low-cost carrier subsidiary flies to Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Bahrain, Damman, Doha, Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat, Ras Al Khaimah, Riyadh, Salalah, Sharjah and Singapore from 20 Indian destinations. |
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GoAir flies from Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai to Malé (seasonal), Delhi, Kannur and Mumbai to Abu Dhabi - Kannur to Damman, Dubai and Kuwait - Kannur and Mumbai to Muscat - Delhi, Kannur, Kochi and Mumbai to Sharjah. |
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IndiGo flies to a slew of mainly regional destinations (pre-Covid) including Abu Dhabi, Bangkok, Chengdu, Colombo, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Malé, Muscat, Phuket, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore and Yangon. |
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SpiceJet flies to regional destinations including Bangkok, Chattogram (wef Nov 5 '20), Colombo, Dhaka, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Kabul, Kathmandu, Malé (seasonal), Muscat, Ras Al Khaimah (wef Nov 26 '20) and Riyadh. SpiceJet has announced the launch of weekly nonstop air services from both Delhi and Mumbai to London/Heathrow wef Dec 4/Dec 6 respectively under the air transport bubble agreement between India and the United Kingdom. The London services will be operated by Airbus A330-900neo aircraft wet leased from Hi Fly. |
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Vistara flies from both Delhi and Mumbai to Singapore and additionally from Mumbai to Dubai (daily), Colombo, Malé (seasonal) and Sharjah (daily wef Jan 24). Vistara flies also from Delhi to Bangkok, Dhaka (2xweekly), Kathmandu and Sharjah (daily wef Jan 20). The airline operates (regulated by the air bubble agreement) a daily nonstop service from Delhi to London (Heathrow). A second 3xweekly service linking Mumbai with London (Heathrow) was launched on Jan 26 '21. Frankfurt became Vistara's second European destination on Feb 18 '21 with the commencement of a 2xweekly service from Delhi. Vistara also plans to introduce a weekly air service from Delhi to Tokyo's Haneda airport wef Jun 16. |
International Air Routes to India - Overseas Airline Operators
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Air Canada operates a daily (5xweekly) nonstop air service between Toronto and Delhi using Boeing 777-300ER (Boeing 787) aircraft. The airline also operates a daily (reduced to 4-6xweekly during off-peak season, 3xweekly) air service from Vancouver to Delhi using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. Air Canada also operates a 4xweekly seasonal service from Toronto to Mumbai using a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft with 40 business, 24 Premium Economy and 236 Economy seats. Air Canada has announced a new 3xweekly air service linking Canada's second largest city Montréal with Delhi wef Apr 18. Boeing 787-9 aircraft will serve on this route. |
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American Airlines has announced two new daily nonstop service connecting Seattle with Bengaluru and New York (JFK) with Delhi wef Oct 31 using Boeing 787-9 and Boeing777-200ER aircraft respectively. American had previously served India by operating a daily nonstop service between Chicago and Delhi from 2005 till 2012. |
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Delta Air Lines reintroduced a New York City (JFK) to Mumbai daily nonstop air service in Dec '19 using Boeing 777-200LR aircraft. Delta had previously operated a JFK to Mumbai service from 2006 till 2009. |
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United flies from Newark to both Delhi (daily) and Mumbai (daily). United also operates a daily/3xweekly (peak/lean season) air service (3xweekly/daily wef Dec 1) from San Francisco to Delhi using Boeing 787-9 aircraft. A new nonstop daily service (Boeing 787-9) linking Chicago O'Hare with Delhi commenced in Dec '20. United plans to launch a daily nonstop air service (Boeing 787-9) from San Francisco to Bengaluru wef Aug 1. |
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Aeroflot flies 2xdaily (2xweekly) from Moscow (Sheremetyevo A.S. Pushkin) to Delhi. Aeroflot also plans to resume a nonstop air service from Moscow (Sheremetyevo A.S. Pushkin) to Mumbai. The launch date has been deferred from the earlier planned Mar 29 '21 launch. The airline plans to deploy Airbus A330 aircraft on this route. Aeroflot had previously served Mumbai up to 2009. |
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Air France flies from Paris CDG to Delhi (daily, daily), Mumbai (daily, 4xweekly) and Bengaluru (6xweekly, 4xweekly). Air France has announced the launch of a new route connecting Paris (CDG) with Chennai (wef Jun 26). The route is be served 1xweekly using Boeing 787-900 aircraft. |
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Alitalia flies daily from Rome to Delhi. |
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British Airways flies from London Heathrow to Bengaluru (daily, 5xweekly), Chennai (daily, 5xweekly), Delhi (2xdaily, daily), Mumbai (18xweekly, 2xdaily) and Hyderabad (daily, 3xweekly). British Airways operates Airbus A350-1000XWB aircraft on the London to Bengaluru route. |
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Finnair operates a daily nonstop air service from Helsinki to Delhi. |
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KLM flies daily (6xweekly) from Amsterdam to Delhi, daily (5xweekly) to Mumbai and 3xweekly (3xweekly) to Bengaluru. |
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LOT Polish Airlines flies 5xweekly from Warsaw to Delhi. |
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Lufthansa flies daily from Frankfurt to Bengaluru (3xweekly), Chennai, Delhi (4xweekly) and Mumbai (3xweekly). Lufthansa also offers daily flights from Munich to both Delhi and Mumbai. Lufthansa uses Airbus A350 equipment on the Munich-Delhi and Mumbai sectors, the former route being the airline's inaugural route for this aircraft type. |
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Swiss International flies daily from Zurich to both Mumbai (resumption 3xweekly TBA) and Delhi. |
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Virgin Atlantic flies from London (Heathrow) to both Delhi (2xdaily, daily) and Mumbai (daily, daily). |
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Air Astana flies 4xweekly (resumption 3xweekly wef TBA) from Almaty to Delhi and 2xweekly from Nur-Sultán to Delhi. |
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Avia Traffic Company operates a 3xweekly air service from Bishkek to Delhi. |
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Azerbaijan Airlines operates a twice-weekly scheduled charter air service from Baku to Delhi. |
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Somon Air flies 2xweekly from Dushanbe to Delhi. |
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Tajik Air flies 2xweekly from Dushanbe to Delhi. |
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Turkmenistan Airlines operates a 4xweekly air service from Ashgabat to Delhi. |
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Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flies 5xweekly (1xweekly, 1-5xweekly wef May 2) from Kyiv to Delhi. |
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Uzbekistan Airways serves Delhi 5xweekly (resumption Mar 5, 2xweekly) and Amritsar 3xweekly from Tashkent. Four of these flights are combined services to both Amritsar and Delhi. The airline also flies 2xweekly from Tashkent to Mumbai. |
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Air Arabia flies 2xdaily from Sharjah to Delhi (daily), Kochi (4xweekly) and Mumbai, daily to Ahmedabad (2xweekly), Bengaluru, Hyderabad (3xweekly), Kozhikode, Jaipur (4xweekly) and Chennai, 2xdaily to Thiruvananthapuram, 4xweekly to Nagpur and 5xweekly to both Coimbatore and Goa. |
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Ariana Afghan Airlines operates 3xweekly (3xweekly) flights from Kabul (1xweekly via Kandahar) to Delhi. |
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Tel Aviv based Arkia Airlines operates a 2xweekly air service from Tel Aviv to Kochi using Airbus A321LR aircraft. The airline also operates a weekly nonstop air service from Tel Aviv to Goa. |
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El Al flies 4xweekly from Tel Aviv to Mumbai. |
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Emirates flies 11xweekly (7xweekly) from Dubai to to Ahmedabad, 24xweekly (2xdaily) to Bengaluru, 3xdaily (2xdaily) to Chennai, 4xdaily (2xdaily) to Delhi, 3xdaily (2xdaily) to Hyderabad, 2xdaily (2xdaily) to Kochi, 11xweekly (daily) to Kolkata, 38xweekly (incl. 1 daily A380) (2xdaily) to Mumbai and daily (daily) to Thiruvananthapuram. |
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Etihad flies from Abu Dhabi to Ahmedabad (2xdaily, 2xweekly), Bengaluru (3xdaily, 5xweekly), Chennai (3xdaily, 5xweekly), Delhi (4xdaily, 6xweekly), Hyderabad (3xdaily, 1xweekly), Kochi (3xdaily, 2xweekly), Kozhikode (2xdaily), Kolkata (daily), Mumbai (4xdaily, 3xweekly) and Thiruvananthapuram (2xdaily,1xweekly). |
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flydubai, a low-cost carrier based in Dubai, offers flights from Dubai to Ahmedabad (2xweekly), Delhi (5xweekly), Chennai (3xweekly), Hyderabad (5xweekly, 3xweekly), Kozhikode (3xweekly), Lucknow (3xweekly), Kochi (4xweekly) and Mumbai (5xweekly). |
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flynas, a Saudi Arabian LCC, flies 4xweekly from Riyadh to Hyderabad, 5xweekly from Riyadh to Delhi, 3xweekly from both Damman and Riyadh to Lucknow and 3xweekly from Riyadh to Kozhikode. |
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Gulf Air flies from Bahrain to Chennai (10xweekly, 1xweekly), Delhi (3xdaily, 3xweekly) Hyderabad (9xweekly), Kochi (daily, 1xweekly), Kozhikode (daily, 1xweekly), Mumbai (2xdaily, 1xweekly) and Thiruvananthapuram (daily, 1xweekly). |
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Iran Air flies 2xweekly (1xweekly) from Tehran (Imam Khomeini Int'l) to Mumbai. |
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Iraqi Airways flies daily from Baghdad (2xweekly via Basra) to Delhi and 1/2xweekly (2xweekly) from Najaf and Baghdad to Mumbai. Ahmedabad is connected to Najaf 2xweekly. |
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Jazeera Airways, a low cost carrier based in Kuwait operates a daily services from Kuwait to both Mumbai (1xweekly) and Hyderabad (1xweekly), 3xweekly to Ahmedabad, 4xweekly (resumption 4xweekly) to Delhi and 4xweekly (1xweekly) to Kochi. |
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Kam Air, a private Afghan airline, operates a daily (6xweekly) service from Kabul to Delhi. |
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Kuwait Airways flies from Kuwait to Ahmedabad (3xweekly, 1xweekly), Bengaluru (8xweekly, 1xweekly), Chennai (5xweekly, 3xweekly), Delhi (daily, 2xweekly), Hyderabad (1xweekly), Kochi (3xweekly, 2xweekly), Mumbai (2xdaily, 2xweekly) and Thiruvananthapuram (6xweekly, 2xweekly). |
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Mahan Air flies 3xweekly (1xweekly) from Tehran to Delhi. |
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Oman Air flies from Muscat to Bengaluru (2xdaily), Chennai (2xdaily, 3xweekly), Delhi (2xdaily, 3xweekly), Goa (daily), Hyderabad (21xweekly, 3xweekly), Jaipur (daily), Kochi (2xdaily, 3xweekly), Kozhikode (3xdaily), Lucknow (2xdaily), Mumbai (3xdaily, 3xweekly) and Thiruvananthapuram (daily, 2xweekly). |
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Qatar Airways flies daily (daily) from Doha to Ahmedabad, Amritsar (daily, daily), daily (daily) to Bengaluru, Chennai daily (daily), Delhi (2xdaily, 2xdaily), Goa (daily, daily), Hyderabad (daily, 2xweekly), Kochi (11xweekly, daily), Kolkata (daily, daily), Kozhikode (daily, daily), Mumbai (daily, daily), Nagpur (daily, 4xweekly) and Thiruvananthapuram (daily, daily). Note: The above QR flight frequencies are based on information announced in early Aug '20 |
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Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) flies from Riyadh to Bengaluru (2xweekly), Chennai (3xweekly), Delhi (6xweekly, resumption 3xweekly wef Oct 25), Hyderabad (3xweekly), Kochi (6xweekly), Kozhikode (3xweekly), Lucknow (3xweekly) and Mumbai (5xweekly) - from Jeddah to Bengaluru (1xweekly), Chennai (3xweekly), Delhi (daily), Hyderabad (3xweekly), Kochi (9xweekly), Kozhikode (daily), Lucknow (4xweekly) and Mumbai (daily, resumption 2xweekly wef Nov 5 '20) - from Damman to Chennai (1xweekly), Kochi (1xweekly), Bengaluru (1xweekly) - from Madinah via Riyadh to Mumbai (3xweekly) |
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Turkish Airlines flies daily from Istanbul to both Delhi and Mumbai. |
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Yemenia operates a weekly air service from Aden to Mumbai. |
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Air Austral connects Chennai 2xweekly with Saint Denis (Réunion) and Bangkok. |
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Air Mauritius flies from Mauritius to Bengaluru/Chennai (2xweekly), Delhi (2/3 weekly) and Mumbai (4/5 weekly). |
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Air Seychelles serves Mumbai 5/6xweekly (resumption 2xweekly wef Apr 7) from Mahé (Seychelles Int'l Airport). |
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Air Tanzania operates a 4xweekly (2xweekly) nonstop air service from Dar es Salaam to Mumbai using Boeing 787-8 aircraft. |
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EgyptAir flies 4xweekly (resumption 2xweekly) from Cairo to Mumbai. |
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Ethiopian Airlines flies 2xdaily (1xweekly) from Addis Ababa to Mumbai, 12xweekly (1xweekly) to Delhi, 4xweekly to Bengaluru and 3xweekly to Chennai. |
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Kenya Airways flies 2xdaily (3xweekly) from Nairobi to Mumbai. |
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RwandAir operates a 4xweekly (3xweekly) direct air service from Kigali via Mombasa to Mumbai served by Boeing 737-800 aircraft. |
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Bhutan Airlines flies daily from Paro to Bangkok via Kolkata, 3xweekly from Paro to Delhi and 2xweekly from Paro to Bangkok via Gaya (seasonal). |
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Biman Bangladesh Airlines flies 12xweekly from Dhaka to Kolkata (3xweekly, suspended till further notice) and 2xweekly from Chattogram to Kolkata and daily from Dhaka to Delhi (2xweekly). |
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Buddha Air operates a twice weekly air service from Kathmandu to Varanasi using ATR 42 aircraft. |
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Drukair (Royal Bhutan Airlines), Bhutan's national airline, flies from Paro to Guwahati/Bagdogra via Bagdogra/Guwahati (1xweekly), Delhi (daily, 1xweekly) Kolkata (5xweekly, 1xweekly), Gaya (seasonal). |
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Maldivian flies daily (3xweekly) from Malé International Airport to Thiruvananthapuram and 4xweekly to Chennai (and onwards to Dhaka), 2xweekly from Hanimaadhoo to Thiruvananthapuram and 3xweekly (2xweekly) from Malé to Kochi. Maldivian has announced the launch of a new 3xweekly air service wef Apr 13 and connecting Maafaru (Noonu Atoll) with Mumbai. |
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MAI flies 3xweekly (seasonally) from Yangon to Gaya and 2xweekly to Kolkata. |
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Myanmar National Airlines operates 2-7 weekly sesonal flights from Yangon to Gaya. |
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Nepal Airlines flies 2xdaily from Kathmandu to Delhi (planned resumption wef Dec 17 '20, daily) and 3xweekly to both Mumbai and Bengaluru. |
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Novoair operates a daily ATR-72 service from Dhaka to Kolkata. |
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Regent Airways flies daily from Dhaka to Kolkata and daily from Chattogram to Kolkata. |
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SriLankan Airlines flies 11xweekly from Colombo to Bengaluru, Gaya (seasonal), Chennai (20xweekly), Delhi (3xdaily, 2xweekly), Kochi (2xdaily), Kolkata (4xweekly), Madurai (daily), Mumbai (daily), Tiruchirappalli (2xdaily), Thiruvananthapuram (daily), Varanasi (2xweekly), Hyderabad (daily) and Coimbatore (4xweekly). |
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US-Bangla Airlines flies daily from Dhaka to Kolkata (resumption 6xweekly wef TBA), 3xweekly from Chattogram to Kolkata and 3xweekly (resumption 4xweekly wef TBA) from Dhaka to Chennai via Chattogram (resumption 3xweekly wef TBA). |
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AirAsia flies from Kuala Lumpur to the following Indian destinations: Bengaluru (4xweekly, resumption 4xweekly wef TBA), Chennai (2xdaily, resumption 4xweekly wef TBA), Hyderabad (daily), Kochi (18xweekly), Kolkata (daily) and Tiruchirappalli (24xweekly, resumption 4xweekly wef TBA). Thai AirAsia flies 4xweekly from Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Ahmedabad, 5xweekly to Bengaluru, 5xweekly to Chennai, 4xweekly to Gaya (seasonal service till Mar 29), 4xweekly to Jaipur, daily to Kochi, daily to Kolkata and 4xweekly to Tiruchirappalli. AirAsia X flies 4xweekly from Kuala Lumpur to Delhi, 3xweekly to Jaipur and 4xweekly to Amritsar. All three services are nonstop. |
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Air China flies 5xweekly from Beijing to Delhi and 4xweekly from Beijing to Mumbai. |
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All Nippon Airways (ANA) operates daily services from Tokyo Int'l (Haneda) airport to both Delhi (1xweekly wef Dec 12) and Mumbai. ANA commenced new 3xweekly air service from Tokyo Narita to Chennai in Oct '19. |
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Bangkok Airways flies daily from Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi) to Mumbai. |
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Batik Air operates a daily air service from Denpasar Bali via Kuala Lumpur to Chennai. Batik Air's second route to India connects Medan daily with Chennai via Kuala Lumpur. Batik Air's tentative schedules include a daily service from Jakarta to Chennai via Kuala Lumpur wef TBA. |
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Cathay Pacific flies 9xweekly (resumption wef TBA) from Hong Kong to Delhi, 10xweekly (resumption 3xweekly wef TBA) to Mumbai, daily to Chennai and 5xweekly from Hong Kong to Hyderabad. |
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China Airlines flies 2xweekly from Taipei to Delhi. |
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China Eastern flies daily from Shanghai to Delhi and 8xweekly from Kunming, the capital of China's Yunnan province to Kolkata. |
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China Southern, China's largest airline, flies twice daily from Guangzhou to Delhi. |
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Cathay Dragon flew daily from Hong Kong to Bengaluru and 5xweekly to Kolkata. Cathay Dragon ceased operations in Oct '20. |
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Japan Airlines operates a daily (3 weekly flights, refer to JAL website page see for more details) Boeing 787 Dreamliner service from Tokyo Haneda to Delhi. JAL also operates a couple of monthly flights from Tokyo Haneda to Bengaluru. |
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Korean Air flies thrice weekly from Seoul/Incheon airport to Mumbai and daily to Delhi. |
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Malaysia Airlines flies from Kuala Lumpur to Bengaluru (12xweekly), Chennai (2xdaily), Delhi (10xweekly), Hyderabad (daily), Kochi (daily) and Mumbai (10xweekly). |
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Malindo Air flies from Kuala Lumpur to Amritsar (4xweekly), Bengaluru (2xweekly, resumption 2xweekly wef TBA), Delhi (11xweekly, resumption daily wef TBA), Kochi (7xweekly, resumption daily wef TBA), Kolkata (5xweekly), Mumbai (8xweekly, resumption daily wef TBA), Thiruvananthapuram (4xweekly), Tiruchirappalli (18xweekly, resumption daily wef TBA) and Varanasi (3xweekly). |
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Nok Air, a Thailand based LCC operated a 2xweekly service from its base at Don Mueang airport, Bangkok to Guwahati using Boeing 737-800 aircraft. |
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NokScoot, a Thailand based LCC, operated a 4xweekly service prior to the Covid-19 pandemic from its base at Don Mueang airport, Bangkok to Delhi using Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. The airline was liquidated in June '20 and ceased operations. |
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Scoot flies from Singapore to Amritsar 3xweekly, daily to Chennai, 6xweekly to Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram (5xweekly), 2xdaily to Tiruchirappalli, 5xweekly to Coimbatore and 5xweekly to Visakhapatnam. The Chennai service will be replaced by Singapore Airlines wef May 24. |
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Shandong Airlines operates two bi-weekly services from Qingdao and Jinan to Delhi, both flights via Kunming. |
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Silk Air (fully-owned subsiadiary of SIA) flies from Singapore to Chennai (3xweekly), Bengaluru (5xweekly), Kochi (14xweekly), Hyderabad (11xweekly). |
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Singapore Airlines (SIA) flies daily from Singapore to Ahmedabad, 10xweekly to Bengaluru, daily to Chennai, 2xdaily (incl. 1 daily A380) to Delhi, 4xweekly to Kolkata and 17xweekly to Mumbai. |
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Thai Airways flies from Bangkok to Bengaluru (daily), Kolkata (daily), Chennai (daily), Delhi (22xweekly), Mumbai (daily) and Hyderabad (5xweekly). |
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Thai Lion Air operates a 5xweekly service from Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Mumbai. |
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Thai Smile Air flies 3xweekly (resumption daily wef TBA) from Bangkok to Gaya and Varanasi, 3xweekly to Jaipur, 5xweekly (resumption 5xweekly wef TBA) to Kolkata, 3xweekly to Lucknow, daily (resumption daily wef TBA) to Mumbai and 3xweekly to Varanasi. |
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Vietjet (VietJet Air), Vietnam's leading LCC, flies 4xweekly (daily resumption TBA) from Ho Chi Minh City to Delhi and 3xweekly (daily upon resumption TBA) from Hanoi to Delhi. The airline plans to expand its presence in India with the launch of three new air services, ie. Da Nang to Delhi (TBA), Hanoi to Mumbai (TBA) and Ho Chi Minh City to Mumbai (TBA). |
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