Birmingham: Air India Flights, New Routes & Schedule Updates

[Birmingham Aviation]

Looks like via the Air India website
Bhx-Amritsar stays 4 weekly year round which means we have a daily service to India next summer .Hopefully more to when the Acl gets announced

 

[nwoody2001]

Interesting interview with Air India CEO about their ongoing rebirth and expansion....

Interview: we talk with Campbell Wilson, Air India's CEO

I was one of the first international journalists to be invited to Delhi to meet CEO Campbell Wilson and see how Air India's transformation program is going.

www.headforpoints.com

Good to see expansion of the UK market and BHX mentioned....

“We are only scratching the surface, really, of the opportunity that is present between the two countries, because at the moment, we only connect Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore with Heathrow. We have a number of services into Gatwick from secondary cities, but you could probably double the number of city pairs that we operate. And that’s before you really consider the likes of Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Manchester, more into Birmingham. There’s really a huge opportunity that we want to be able to attack and the constraining factor is access to aircraft.”

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Think there expecting at least a 787-9 and an A350 this winter or start of next year.

 

[Matt995]

Think there expecting at least a 787-9 and an A350 this winter or start of next year.

you won't get either at Birmingham at present, as they have business class seats, unlike the current B787-8's

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

you won't get either at Birmingham at present, as they have business class seats, unlike the current B787-8's

I meant delivery 🤣

 

[nwoody2001]

you won't get either at Birmingham at present, as they have business class seats, unlike the current B787-8's

All Air India 787 and 777 have Business Class Seats... including the 788's that fly into BHX... 238x seat in Economy and 18x seats in Business.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Air India numbers are very good I’m surprised that Delhi isn’t 5 Weekly

 

[nwoody2001]

Air India numbers are very good I’m surprised that Delhi isn’t 5 Weekly

If as part of they their plan they are wanting to turn Air India into a global connecting hub, then they will need to increase frequency into DEL. Hopefully increasing BHX-DEL to 5x weekly or daily is not in the too distant future....

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

If as part of they their plan they are wanting to turn Air India into a global connecting hub, then they will need to increase frequency into DEL. Hopefully increasing BHX-DEL to 5x weekly or daily is not in the too distant future....

Istanbul, Dubai,Doha are the airports helping with numbers bulge up from Indian connections

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Hearing reports Air India could suspend flights to and from ATQ-LGW/BHX while a ban on Pakistan airspace has been imposed

 

[nwoody2001]

Well todays Delhi flight has departed Delhi and is flying south east to the indian ocean in order to avoid Pakistan airspace... will likely add a few hours to the journey

 

[rollo]

Well todays Delhi flight has departed Delhi and is flying south east to the indian ocean in order to avoid Pakistan airspace... will likely add a few hours to the journey

Yes no surprise exactly what they have done before when India and Pakistan lock horns.

 

[Scania1800]

Hearing reports Air India could suspend flights to and from ATQ-LGW/BHX while a ban on Pakistan airspace has been imposed

Nope, however since the airspace closure is in place , it will only cost more and make the flight time stretch to 10-12 hours now. Whoever said it’s going to be suspended clearly hasn’t got a clue

 

[juliet-fox-9]

Nope, however since the airspace closure is in place , it will only cost more and make the flight time stretch to 10-12 hours now. Whoever said it’s going to be suspended clearly hasn’t got a clue

Still, it’s not great and one hopes it isn’t prolonged.

If it becomes much more expensive to fly this route then passengers won’t have many other options.

I looked at other options just now and the next best one (Qatar) is about 5 hours longer and at least 2 times the price.

 

[Scania1800]

Air India has tweaked the timetables for its flights. AI117 arrival is now 20:45, and AI113 is now 19:05. This is due to a increase of journey time

 

[Ray Finkle]

Amritsar is one of a number of airports that are to be closed until the morning of May 10th.

AI113 is currently inbound from DEL but AI118 to ATQ is canx and should night stop.

 

[nwoody2001]

Following the resent tension on the India and Pakistan borders, it seems this has had an impact on loads... with AI now pausing their BHX-ATQ Tuesday flights for the summer. Tuesday Flight is bookable from the 2nd Sept...

Until then we sit at 3x weekly BHX-DEL / 3x weekly BHX-ATQ

 

[IanFarquharson]

Following the resent tension on the India and Pakistan borders, it seems this has had an impact on loads... with AI now pausing their BHX-ATQ Tuesday flights for the summer. Tuesday Flight is bookable from the 2nd Sept...

Until then we sit at 3x weekly BHX-DEL / 3x weekly BHX-ATQ

I couldnt think of a worse time to launch a UK-India new route !

 

[gulftraveller]

Unless it is Mumbai.

 

[Iron Duck]

Maybe Indigo could look at BHX-BOM? As Gulftraveller has alluded to, no airspace issues there, so I don’t see how it’d be a bad time for a route like that?