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Air India is the flag carrier of India, and was founded by JRD Tata of Tata Sons. It is based in New Delhi, and currently operates hubs in Delhi, and Mumbai with various focus cities across India.[1]

Air India commenced operations on 29 July 1946, operating under the Government of India. On 8 June 1948, a Lockheed Constellation L-749A named Malabar Princess operated the airline's first international flight between Mumbai and London Heathrow.[2]

As of October 2023, Air India serves a total of 37 international and 44 domestic destinations.[3] Its network spans across various destinations in Asia, North America, Africa, Europe and Oceania. The countries served the most by Air India include the United States with 5 destinations, and the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia with three destinations each. Currently, the longest flight operated by Air India is between San Francisco and Bengaluru using the 777-200LR.[4] This list does not contain destinations served by subsidiary Air India Express.

List

Country (State) City Airport Notes Refs
Afghanistan Kabul Kabul International Airport Terminated
Australia Brisbane Brisbane Airport Terminated [5]
Melbourne Melbourne Airport
Perth Perth Airport Terminated [6]
Sydney Sydney Airport
Austria Vienna Vienna International Airport [7]
Bahrain Manama Bahrain International Airport
Bangladesh Dhaka Shahjalal International Airport
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport Terminated [8]
Canada Montréal Montréal–Mirabel International Airport Terminated [6]
Toronto Toronto Pearson International Airport [9]
Vancouver Vancouver International Airport [10]
China Shanghai Shanghai Pudong International Airport Terminated [11]
Czech Republic Prague Václav Havel Airport Prague Terminated [12]
Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport [7]
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Addis Ababa Bole International Airport Terminated [13]
France Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Fiji Nadi Nadi International Airport Terminated [13]
Germany Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport Terminated [14]
Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport
Ghana Accra Kotoka International Airport Terminated [6]
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport [15]
India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Port Blair Veer Savarkar International Airport
India (Andhra Pradesh) Tirupati Tirupati Airport
Vijayawada Vijayawada International Airport
Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam International Airport
India(Assam) Dibrugarh Dibrugarh Airport
Guwahati Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Silchar Silchar Airport
India (Bihar) Gaya Gaya Airport Terminated
Patna Jay Prakash Narayan Airport
India (Chandigarh) Chandigarh Chandigarh Airport
India (Chhattisgarh) Raipur Swami Vivekananda International Airport Terminated [16]
India (Delhi) Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport Hub
India (Goa) South Goa Dabolim Airport [17]
North Goa Manohar International Airport [18]
India (Gujarat) Ahmedabad Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Focus city
Bhuj Bhuj Airport Begins 1 March 2024 [19]
Jamnagar Jamnagar Airport
Rajkot Rajkot Airport Airport closed [20]
Rajkot International Airport
Surat Surat International Airport Terminated [21]
Vadodara Vadodara Airport
India (Jammu and Kashmir) Jammu Jammu Airport
Srinagar Srinagar Airport
India (Jharkhand) Ranchi Birsa Munda Airport Terminated
India (Karnataka) Belgaum Belgaum Airport Terminated
Bengaluru Kempegowda International Airport Focus city
Hubli Hubli Airport Terminated
Mangalore Mangalore International Airport
India (Kerala) Kannur Kannur International Airport Terminated [22]
Kochi Cochin International Airport Focus city
Kozhikode Calicut International Airport
Thiruvananthapuram Trivandrum International Airport Focus city
India (Ladakh) Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
India (Madhya Pradesh) Bhopal Raja Bhoj Airport
Indore Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport
Khajuraho Khajuraho Airport Terminated
India (Maharashtra) Aurangabad Aurangabad Airport
Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Hub
Nagpur Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport
Nanded Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport Terminated
Pune Pune Airport
India (Manipur) Imphal Imphal Airport
India (Mizoram) Aizawl Lengpui Airport Terminated [23]
India (Nagaland) Dimapur Dimapur Airport
India (Odisha) Bhubaneswar Biju Patnaik Airport Terminated [24]
India (Punjab) Amritsar Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
India (Rajasthan) Jaipur Jaipur International Airport
Jodhpur Jodhpur Airport
Udaipur Maharana Pratap Airport
India (Tamil Nadu) Chennai Chennai International Airport Focus city
Coimbatore Coimbatore International Airport
Madurai Madurai Airport
India (Telangana) Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Focus city
India (Tripura) Agartala Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport
India (Uttarakhand) Dehradun Dehradun Airport Terminated
India (Uttar Pradesh) Agra Agra Airport Terminated
Lucknow Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport
Prayagraj Prayagraj Airport Terminated
Varanasi Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport
India (West Bengal) Bagdogra Bagdogra Airport Terminated [25]
Durgapur Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport Terminated
Kolkata Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Focus city
Indonesia Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Terminated [26]
Iran Tehran Tehran Mehrabad International Airport Terminated [27]
Iraq Baghdad Baghdad International Airport Terminated [28]
Najaf Al Najaf International Airport Terminated [29]
Israel Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport resumes 3 March 2024 [30][31]
Italy Milan Milan Malpensa Airport [7]
Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport Terminated
Japan Osaka Kansai International Airport Terminated [32]
Tokyo Narita International Airport
Kenya Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport [33]
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwait International Airport
Lebanon Beirut Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Terminated [12]
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminated
Maldives Malé Velana International Airport Seasonal
Mauritius Port Louis Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport Terminated [13]
Myanmar Yangon Yangon International Airport
Nepal Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol [34]
Nigeria Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport Terminated
Oman Muscat Muscat International Airport
Pakistan Karachi Jinnah International Airport Terminated [35]
Lahore Allama Iqbal International Airport Terminated
Qatar Doha Doha International Airport Airport Closed [27]
Hamad International Airport [36]
Russia Moscow Moscow Domodedovo Airport Terminated [37]
Sheremetyevo International Airport Terminated [38]
Saudi Arabia Dammam King Fahd International Airport
Dhahran Dhahran International Airport Terminated [13]
Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport
Riyadh King Khalid International Airport
Seychelles Victoria Seychelles International Airport Terminated [39]
Singapore Singapore Changi Airport
South Africa Durban Durban International Airport Terminated [6]
Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport Terminated [6]
South Korea Seoul Incheon International Airport
Spain Madrid Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Terminated [40]
Sri Lanka Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport
Sweden Stockholm Stockholm Arlanda Airport Terminated [40]
Switzerland Geneva Geneva Airport Terminated [12]
Zürich Zurich Airport Terminated
Syria Damascus Damascus International Airport Terminated
Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Julius Nyerere International Airport Terminated [6]
Thailand Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport Terminated
Suvarnabhumi Airport
Phuket Phuket International Airport [41]
Uganda Entebbe Entebbe International Airport Terminated [13]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Zayed International Airport
Al Ain Al Ain International Airport Terminated [42]
Dubai Dubai International Airport
Fujairah Fujairah International Airport Terminated [28]
Ras Al Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah International Airport Terminated [27]
Sharjah Sharjah International Airport Terminated [43]
United Kingdom Birmingham Birmingham Airport [44]
London Gatwick Airport [45]
Heathrow Airport
Stansted Airport Terminated [46]
Manchester Manchester Airport Terminated [47]
United States of America Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport Terminated [48]
Newark Newark Liberty International Airport
New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport
San Francisco San Francisco International Airport
Washington, D.C. Washington Dulles International Airport [49]
Uzbekistan Tashkent Tashkent International Airport Terminated [28]
Yemen Aden Aden International Airport Terminated [6]
Sana'a Sana'a International Airport Terminated [6]
Zambia Lusaka Kenneth Kaunda International Airport Terminated [6]
Zimbabwe Harare Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport Terminated [6]

See also

References

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