TBM Staff - Mumbai
The Tata Group-owned Air India is set to add five new international destinations to its network in 2025, contingent on aircraft availability, sources told businessline.
The planned destinations include Manila, Jakarta, Dallas, and Los Angeles, expanding Air India’s international network to around 50 destinations. While flight schedules for Manila and Jakarta are expected in the first half of 2025, services to Dallas and Los Angeles may commence later in the year. Additional flight frequencies to Europe are also under consideration.
The airline’s capacity expansion, aided by the Vistara merger and network rationalisation, comes despite supply-side issues that have delayed aircraft deliveries. Campbell Wilson, Managing Director & CEO, Air India acknowledged that Boeing’s manufacturing strike and supply chain constraints have slowed down network growth, necessitating adjustments to 2025 plans.
In 2024, Air India added new destinations like Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City, Zurich, Bali, and Mauritius. The rising international passenger traffic and the success of Air India’s international transfer business, which has grown by 100% since the Tata takeover in 2022, continue to drive the airline’s expansion focus.
