Air India is set to partially restore its international flight schedule that was temporarily reduced for “safety checks” following the tragic accident of Air India’s London-bound flight 171 from Ahmedabad on June 12.
The airline will resume some of the flights starting from August 1, while full-restoration is planned for October 1, a statement said.
The company said the pause helped the airline conduct additional precautionary checks on its Boeing 787 aircraft. “That Pause enabled Air India to perform additional precautionary checks on its Boeing 787 aircraft as well as accommodating longer flying times arising from airspace closures over Pakistan and the Middle East,” the airline said.
The Tata group-owned airline will resume thrice-weekly flights between Ahmedabad and London Heathrow from August 1 to September 30. This will replace the currently operating five-times-a-week flights between Ahmedabad and London (Gatwick), the statement said.
