Air India CEO promised full restoration of flights from October 1. That is nowhere in sight

Air India, which has cut many of its flights following the deadly crash at Ahmedabad in June, is unlikely to get to its full schedule starting this winter. This comes within weeks of Campbell Wilson, its CEO, talking about full restoration of its international schedule from October 01, 2025 while sending out an email to its frequent flier program members. Data shared by Cirium, an aviation analytics company, exclusively for this article shows that the airline is making further changes to its schedule which sees cancellations and frequency reductions across its core widebody international network.

While some routes have been transferred to Air India Express, the group is completely vacating routes like Pune – Singapore, Delhi – Nairobi, Goa (Mopa) – London Gatwick and Delhi – Washington. Air India had increased frequencies across various routes in the Summer schedule, only to scale back the operations post AI171 crash on June 12, at Ahmedabad immediately after take-off for London Gatwick.