Air India cancels 8 flights citing enhanced upkeep. Full checklist

Among the many worldwide routes affected on Friday have been AI906 (Dubai–Chennai), AI308 (Delhi–Melbourne), AI309 (Melbourne–Delhi), and AI2204 (Dubai–Hyderabad).

Cancelled Air India flights on June 20: Full Record

Worldwide Flights

AI906: Dubai to Chennai

AI308: Delhi to Melbourne

AI309: Melbourne to Delhi

AI2204: Dubai to Hyderabad

Home Flights

AI874: Pune to Delhi

AI456: Ahmedabad to Delhi

AI2872: Hyderabad to Mumbai

Air India battles disaster

The cancellations are a part of a broader operational disaster for the airline, which remains to be recovering from the Ahmedabad–London Gatwick Dreamliner crash that claimed 271 lives, together with not less than 30 on the bottom. Following the incident, the Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ordered complete security inspections throughout Air India’s Boeing 787 fleet.

Based on DGCA information, because the crash, 66 Dreamliner flights have been cancelled. On June 12 alone, six of the 50 Dreamliner-operated flights have been grounded. The regulatory physique confirmed that as of June 18, 24 of Air India’s 33 Dreamliners had undergone checks, with extra plane scheduled for assessment within the coming days. Two jets are at the moment listed as AOG (Plane on Floor) in Delhi resulting from upkeep points.

At the moment’s cancellations add to a rising checklist of grounded flights this week. On Tuesday, not less than 13 Dreamliner flights, together with the newly designated AI-159 (previously AI-171) on the Ahmedabad–London route, have been cancelled. That individual plane had been anticipated to renew operations after the crash however was grounded resulting from “unavailability of the plane.”