London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Toronto will be a little closer for Indian travellers this month, as Air India lays on 36 additional flights between 19 and 28 March, 2026 to keep holidays, family reunions and business trips on track amid disruptions in West Asia airspace. The flag carrier is temporarily expanding capacity from Delhi and Mumbai to key European and Canadian gateways, adding more than ten-thousand seats across five long‑haul routes when many passengers have been struggling to find seats.
The move is designed to steady travel plans at the tail‑end of the winter schedule, when overseas traffic remains strong on both India–Europe and India–Canada corridors. These extra services follow the airline’s earlier capacity push between 10 and 18 March, when 78 additional flights were mounted on nine international routes to keep global journeys flowing despite reroutings around the Middle East.
Strategic relief for India–Europe and India–Canada routes
Air India is concentrating these extra flights on high‑demand city pairs that anchor its long‑haul network: Delhi–London, Mumbai–London, Delhi–Frankfurt, Delhi–Zurich and Delhi–Toronto. By thickening these trunk routes, the carrier is shoring up vital links between India and Europe’s financial and transit hubs, as well as the crucial transatlantic bridge to Canada’s largest city.
Industry observers noted that this capacity is especially important for travellers who would usually transit via West Asia, with non‑stop and one‑stop options via India providing an alternative when some Gulf and Levant routings are constrained. For tourism boards in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Canada, the added frequencies also arrive just in time to capture late‑season winter tourism and early spring traffic from India’s major metros.
How the additional 36 flights are scheduled
Air India’s extra services are spread over ten days, with a mix of one‑off and multi‑day operations that supplement the regular schedule. All times below are in local time zones, with +1 indicating next‑day arrival…
