New Delhi: Air India will begin operating 20 more flights to Birmingham, London, and San Francisco in an effort to increase its global reach, according to a statement issued on September 30.

This action is a part of the airline’s effort to take back its status as the dominant airline on the global aviation scene. From October through December, these extra flights will be added gradually.

With five additional weekly flights to Birmingham, nine additional weekly flights to London, and six additional weekly flights to San Francisco, Air India will be able to offer over 5,000 additional seats each week to customers, ensuring a wide range of connectivity, convenience, and cabin space options.

The existing Air India schedule, which includes 34 weekly flights to the UK, will now include 48 weekly flights. Additionally, there will be an additional five flights to Birmingham, three of which will depart from Delhi and two from Amritsar. Nine more flights per week will arrive in London, five of which will depart from Mumbai, three from Delhi, and one from Ahmedabad. After the additional flights are launched, Air India will offer nonstop service from seven Indian locations to London.

There would be an increase from 34 to 40 weekly Air India flights to the US. The airline will once again operate three times a week between Mumbai and San Francisco in addition to resuming its Bengaluru service. As a result, there are now 16 weekly flights with non-stop service from Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, up from 10 previously.

“As Air India reinvents itself under the Vihaan.AI transformation programme, adding frequency and improving connectivity from major Indian cities to more international destinations is a significant focus. This sizeable frequency increase to the US and the UK, as well as the addition of new city pairs and improved aircraft cabin interiors, comes just 10 months after Air India’s acquisition by the Tata Group. It is a clear signal of our intent, and an early step towards a much bigger aspiration,” Campbell Wilson, CEO and MD of Air India, said.

Along with these new planes, Air India has been attempting to get the existing narrow-body and wide-body planes back into service. Prior to the above-mentioned growth, the airline made it possible to boost frequency between Delhi and Vancouver and to introduce a large number of domestic routes.