Birmingham: Air India Flights, New Routes & Schedule Updates

[Ray Finkle]

For obvious reasons there is no commercial air traffic over Iran meaning an even longer flying time for Air India 🙁

Tonight's inbound from Delhi is currently over Saudi, just east of the Gulf of Arabia, with DEL-MXP just behind.

 

[Iron Duck]

Amritsar down to 2 weekly
Delhi down to 2 weekly
Overall Birmingham operations down to 4 weekly

Goa Gatwick and Amritsar Gatwick canx

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Amritsar down to 2 weekly
Delhi down to 2 weekly
Overall Birmingham operations down to 4 weekly

Goa Gatwick and Amritsar Gatwick canx

Until 15th July 2025

 

[Ray Finkle]

With everything going on I honestly thought the routes might be suspended so still getting 4x weekly seems a result.

 

[Matt995]

curent status of the Air India B788 dreamliners:-

VT-ANA parked Delhi last flight 16/06/25
VT-ANB written off
VT-ANC in service
VT-AND in service
VT-ANE in service
VT-ANG parked Bengaluru last flight 13/06/25
VT-ANH parked Zurich last flight 15/06/25
VT-ANI in service
VT-ANJ in service
VT-ANK in service
VT-ANL in service
VT-ANM parked Mumbai last flight 07/05/25
VT-ANN parked Delhi last flight 17/06/25
VT-ANO parked Abu Dhabi last flight 11/06/25
VT-ANP in service
VT-ANQ parked Delhi last flight 18/06/25
VT-ANR in service
VT-ANS in service
VT-ANT parked Delhi last flight 14/06/25
VT-ANU in service
VT-ANV in service
VT-ANW parked Delhi last flight 17/06/25
VT-ANX in service
VT-ANY in service
VT-ANZ parked Amman last flight 31/05/25
VT-NAA in service
VT-NAC in service

 

[Scania1800]

curent status of the Air India B788 dreamliners:-

VT-ANA parked Delhi last flight 16/06/25
VT-ANB written off
VT-ANC in service
VT-AND in service
VT-ANE in service
VT-ANG parked Bengaluru last flight 13/06/25
VT-ANH parked Zurich last flight 15/06/25
VT-ANI in service
VT-ANJ in service
VT-ANK in service
VT-ANL in service
VT-ANM parked Mumbai last flight 07/05/25
VT-ANN parked Delhi last flight 17/06/25
VT-ANO parked Abu Dhabi last flight 11/06/25
VT-ANP in service
VT-ANQ parked Delhi last flight 18/06/25
VT-ANR in service
VT-ANS in service
VT-ANT parked Delhi last flight 14/06/25
VT-ANU in service
VT-ANV in service
VT-ANW parked Delhi last flight 17/06/25
VT-ANX in service
VT-ANY in service
VT-ANZ parked Amman last flight 31/05/25
VT-NAA in service
VT-NAC in service

ANZ is getting wing repairs

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Tomorrow’s air India flight canx

 

[Matt995]

Tomorrow’s air India flight canx

yes as quoted its now twice a week from today until at least the 15th July.

 

[Scania1800]

yes as quoted its now twice a week from today until at least the 15th July.

This will carry on till 25th July now, Boeings inspection teams alongside aviation safety teams are auditing air India’s Boeing fleet for safety

 

[Karl C]

Just read this ......Air India to cease all flights to Europe indefinitely......

 

[Scania1800]

Just read this ......Air India to cease all flights to Europe indefinitely......

Apparently there’s been an agreed ceasefire, according to Donald trump. If this is the case this won’t last long

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937455292771631500

Flights resuming shortly

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Amritsar down to 2 weekly
Delhi down to 2 weekly
Overall Birmingham operations down to 4 weekly

Goa Gatwick and Amritsar Gatwick canx

reduced frequencies continue until 31/8

 

[Scania1800]

reduced frequencies continue until 31/8

With loss of ANB, there’s a struggle in aircraft. ANN is out of service unclear why

 

[Iron Duck]

Apparently AI at BHX may not be long for this world 🙁

 

[IanFarquharson]

Apparently AI at BHX may not be long for this world 🙁

Source ?
Loads are still high

 

[Nethercote2019]

Source ?
Loads are still high

According to a pprune post, Air India are rumoured to be pulling out of LGW .. unsurprisingly

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Indigo will be the biggest airline especially low cost in the future once they get their aircraft.

Indigo will be the future airline of India.AI will then digress sadly

 

[rollo]

I wouldn't write Air India off by any means despite their current difficulties they are still perceived as India's national airline even though they are now privately owned. The likes of Indigo can be compred to say Ryanair/EasyJet to British Airways who still maintain there position in Britain.

What happens at BHX with Air India while important to us is small beer for them and given their long history at BHX dating back to the use of 707s via Moscow I'm hopeful of their long term commitment to BHX.

Been wrong before though.

 

[nwoody2001]

Indigo will be the biggest airline especially low cost in the future once they get their aircraft.

Indigo will be the future airline of India.AI will then digress sadly

I still don’t understand your logic here and personally believe you’re wrong and very much hope you're wrong.

Air Indigo has 0 currently Long-haul Planes in their fleet and have circa 129 on order, a mix between Airbus 321XLR and Airbus A350. They are a low-cost model meaning pretty basic service but unlike other low-cost airlines they do offer connections which means they can at least offer a connecting hub approach.

Air India has an existing long-haul fleet of 65 aircraft which will more than double to 137 once deliveries are complete. They have a lot of more aircraft under option also and have aspirations to be a global international airline.

To suggest that “Indigo will be the future airline of India and that Air India will then digress sadly”… is frankly ludicrous and unrealistic. That’s like saying Easyjet will be THE future airline of the UK and British Airways with digress. Clearly this is not the case. They compete on some elements and not on others. There are markets for both and will always continue to be. And that’s in a UK market with a population of circa 80 million people…

In contrast, India has a population of 1.4 BILLION!, THAT’S OVER 17X BIGGER THAN THE UK. India will be able to sustain numerous airlines, and I think Air India has a massive role to play.

Air India has a long way to go, and I wish indigo well servicing the low-cost market… but I think Air India has a massive amount of untapped potential and look forward to seeing them grow at BHX.