Travel News & Entry Updates

Air India will fly nonstop between Delhi and Osaka Kansai four times a week from 2 February 2027, opening up Osaka-in, Tokyo-out itineraries for the spring cherry-blossom season.

Four Indian airlines raised fuel surcharges on bookings made from 6 to 9 October 2026. The booking date decides what you pay. Amounts by airline, and what to check before paying.

Swiss International Air Lines begins nonstop Bengaluru–Zurich flights on 28 October 2026, five days a week, with First Class on every flight. Days, times and what to check before booking.

From 25 October Air India flies daily to Khajuraho on a Delhi–Khajuraho–Varanasi triangle, starts daily Mumbai–Jaisalmer flights and adds a second daily Delhi–Gaya service. Schedules inside.

Uzbekistan’s Centrum Air is due to begin twice-weekly Tashkent–Hyderabad flights on 28 September, its second Indian city after Delhi. Schedule, aircraft and what Indians need for Uzbekistan.

PAL says it plans nonstop flights from Manila to Delhi three times a week and to Mumbai four times a week from December 2026, if the Indian government approves. Not yet a confirmed launch.

Thai AirAsia is resuming Don Mueang flights to Gaya from 25 October, Ahmedabad from 6 November, Guwahati, Hyderabad and Lucknow from 16 November and Jaipur from 17 November.

Mongolia’s Hunnu Air flies Delhi–Ulaanbaatar every Monday from 28 September 2026 to 27 March 2027. Updated: the first flight operated on 28 September, with the return leaving Delhi later than timetabled.

An interline agreement lets Air India passengers reach 52 flydubai destinations via Dubai, and flydubai passengers 69 Air India destinations via Delhi and Mumbai, on a single ticket.

Kochi–Bangkok starts 25 October, four times a week, and Visakhapatnam–Bangkok on 27 October, twice weekly; both are on sale. Four Gulf routes appear only in schedule filings so far.

Five weekly Boeing 737-8 flights from 21 September, daily from 26 October, on the route China Southern abandoned in 2020. Promotional one-way fares start at ₹22,000 all-inclusive.

The route held back in early September as an unannounced intention is now filed and on sale: 6E 1851 and 6E 1852, daily, from 20 November 2026, making IndiGo the only Indian carrier on the sector.

Twice-weekly flights from 27 October, with a second Bihar–Thailand route from Gaya the day before. Guwahati becomes IndiGo’s eighth Indian city with a nonstop to Bangkok.

Two flights a week on a Boeing 737 MAX 8 connect Cairo with Zanzibar, and the inaugural went out more than 90% full. It makes an Egypt-and-Zanzibar trip bookable on a single airline.

Akasa Air operated the first Mumbai–Hanoi flight by an Indian carrier on 4 September, four times a week. IndiGo has announced a daily service from 25 October 2026.

Ahmedabad became India’s third hub-and-spoke airport on 1 September. Two Air India flights to Delhi now connect to 26 international destinations with immigration done before you leave Gujarat.

Kuala Lumpur adds East Asian frequencies for the winter: Fukuoka daily from 1 December, Busan resuming 2 December, Brisbane daily from 25 October.

Mumbai–Manchester and Delhi–Manchester ended on 31 August. IndiGo calls the suspension temporary and blames airspace restrictions and costs; London Heathrow is still on hold until 2027.

The Thai low-cost carrier’s only Indian route is on sale. We checked its booking engine: DD 959 leaves Hyderabad at 00:45 on a 737-800, and nothing is bookable before 15 October.

IndiGo will fly Gaya–Bangkok twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, from 26 October 2026, subject to regulatory approvals. Schedule, what it means for pilgrims, and visa rules.

From 25 October Emirates flies its A380 on one of four daily Dubai–Delhi flights, making Delhi its third A380 city in India, and puts an A350 on Kolkata. What changes for travellers.