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**Air India Announces Further Flight Reductions Following Fatal Crash**
**New Delhi, India** – Air India announced further flight reductions today, impacting both domestic and international routes. The airline will temporarily cut 118 weekly flights operated with narrow-body aircraft across 19 routes and completely suspend services on three routes until at least July 15, 2025. This follows a previous announcement to reduce international flights on wide-body aircraft by 15%.
The airline stated the reductions are necessary to ensure “network-wide operational stability” and minimize last-minute passenger inconveniences. Routes being suspended include Bengaluru-Singapore, Pune-Singapore, and Mumbai-Bagdogra (AI551/552). Frequency will also be reduced on key domestic routes such as Delhi-Bengaluru and Delhi-Mumbai.
These cuts come in the wake of last week’s tragic crash of flight AI171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which resulted in the deaths of 241 people. Safety inspections have been completed on 26 of Air India’s 33 Dreamliners, with the remaining aircraft scheduled for inspection in the coming days, as well as additional checks planned for its Boeing 777 fleet.
Air India maintains that these measures are being taken “to ensure stability of operations, better efficiency and minimise inconvenience to passengers” during this period of heightened safety scrutiny.
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