Air India Resumes Delhi-Amsterdam Flight

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Air India has resumed its Delhi-Amsterdam route. It operates four flights a week using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Passengers now have more options when traveling to Amsterdam as Air India competes with KLM on this route.
Since becoming a commercial airline, Air India has expanded internationally, adding flights to Europe and the United States and increasing the capacity of its fleet. The airline currently flies to nine European airports and operated around 700 round-trip flights from India to Europe in January.

Air India’s network to Europe expanded slightly this winter when it resumed flights from Delhi to Amsterdam after a short break. The service was launched in mid-2023, but had to be halted a few months later due to slot issues at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

Delhi-Amsterdam services resumed

On December 17, Air India resumed operations between Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). The company has introduced the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on this route, which accommodates 256 passengers in its two classes of 238 passengers in economy class and 18 passengers in business class.

The airline operates this service four times a week, with flight AI 155 departing from Delhi at 12:55 and arriving in Amsterdam at 17:40. The return flight AI 156 will depart from Amsterdam at 19:45 and arrive in Delhi at 07:55.

Air India competes with KLM on this route with daily flights between the two cities. This new service gives passengers one more option when traveling to Amsterdam.around KiriumThere are currently 98 round-trip flights scheduled between the two cities in January.

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The Delhi-Amsterdam route was first announced by Air India in the first half of 2023 and began operations on June 11. The airline becomes the second Indian airline to operate scheduled commercial flights to Delhi after Jet Airways, which withdrew from the route. When you go bankrupt.

A close-up of the nose of Air India's Boeing 787.

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However, Air India’s Amsterdam service was removed from the winter schedule after just four months due to slot constraints at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol as the airline sought to reduce capacity to curb noise pollution.

With the return to service, Air India will now serve nine European airports: London Heathrow (LHR), London Gatwick (LGW), Birmingham Airport (BHX), Copenhagen Airport (CPH) and Amsterdam Airport. (AMS), Paris Airport (CDG), Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Milan (MXP), Vienna (VIE). According to Cirium, Air India will operate around 700 round-trip flights from India to Europe in January 2024.

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Air India has expanded significantly internationally since becoming a commercial airline. It has brought back some flights to Europe and added some to its U.S. network. Flights to Milan, Copenhagen and Vienna resumed within months as demand for international travel began to increase.

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It also resumed flights between Bengaluru and San Francisco and added two new flights to the US, one from Mumbai to New York JFK and one to San Francisco. The airline now operates all its U.S. flights from Mumbai on newly leased Boeing 777s that previously flew for airlines such as Delta Air Lines and Etihad Airways. Air India also recently launched a Mumbai-Melbourne route with its Boeing 787 aircraft.

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The company will start this service from December 15th.

The company recently took delivery of its first Airbus A350 aircraft, with several more expected to arrive in the coming months. In addition to the leased 777s, the A350 will further expand Air India’s capacity and open more routes due to its wider range.

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