Air India (AI)
Air India (AI) flies to 221 destinations in 69 countries. Route counts include codeshare and partner-operated flights sold under the AI code. Leans international: 162 international routes vs 59 domestic. Covers a lot of ground internationally.
AI is part of Star Alliance. In practice that means your frequent flyer miles work on partner airlines, you can use partner lounges, and connecting flights on alliance carriers can be booked on a single ticket. Star Alliance partners include United, Lufthansa, ANA, Singapore Airlines, and Turkish Airlines.
AI has the most flights out of New Delhi (DEL), Mumbai (BOM), Bengaluru (BLR), Singapore (SIN), Frankfurt am Main (FRA).
Air India Busiest Airports
Air India doesn't operate a traditional hub-and-spoke network. These are the airports where AI has the most flights. You fly direct between cities rather than connecting through a central hub.
DELAir India Fleet & Aircraft Types
51 aircraft types appear on AI routes. This includes aircraft operated by partner airlines, not just Air India metal. Large mixed fleet across the partner network. What you actually sit on varies by route.
Air India Operating Partners
Not every flight with a AI number is actually Air India. These partner airlines operate routes under the AI code. Your booking and flight number say AI, but the plane and crew belong to one of these carriers.
On shorter routes from the hubs, this usually means a regional jet. Smaller plane, 2-2 seating, less overhead bin space. Check the aircraft code when you book. If it says E175, CRJ, or ATR, that's a partner regional jet.
2LAir India: All 221 Destinations
Every nonstop route Air India flies. Each destination links to the full route page with schedules, competing airlines, and connection options.
| Code | City | Airport | Country | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSA | 398 mi | |||
| AHB | Abha | 329 mi | ||
| AUH | Abu Dhabi | 1,672 mi | ||
| ACC | Accra | 2,680 mi | ||
| DMM | Ad Dammam | 748 mi | ||
| ADD | Addis Ababa | 1,823 mi | ||
| ADL | Adelaide | 723 mi | ||
| IXA | Agartala | 197 mi | ||
| AMD | Ahmedabad | 759 mi | ||
| AAN | Al Ain | 1,614 mi | ||
| ALA | Almaty | 1,694 mi | ||
| ATQ | Amritsar | 258 mi | ||
| AMS | Amsterdam | 1,266 mi | ||
| TNR | Antananarivo | 674 mi | ||
| JRO | Arusha | 243 mi | ||
| ASW | Aswan | 434 mi | ||
| AKL | Auckland | 1,342 mi | ||
| IXU | Aurangabad | 610 mi | ||
| GYD | Baku | 1,736 mi | ||
| KRK | Balice | 153 mi | ||
| BNK | Ballina | 380 mi | ||
| BWN | Bandar Seri Begawan | 794 mi | ||
| BKK | Bangkok | 1,832 mi | ||
| BLR | Bengaluru | 1,117 mi | ||
| BGO | Bergen | 956 mi | ||
| KNO | Beringin | 387 mi | ||
| BER | Berlin | 323 mi | ||
| BHO | Bhopal | 409 mi | ||
| BBI | Bhubaneswar | 2,828 mi | ||
| BHJ | Bhuj | 356 mi | ||
| BHX | Birmingham, West Midlands | 3,973 mi | ||
| BOG | Bogota | 2,483 mi | ||
| BRE | Bremen | 386 mi | ||
| BNE | Brisbane | 468 mi | ||
| CNS | Cairns | 1,438 mi | ||
| CAI | Cairo | 234 mi | ||
| YYC | Calgary | 4,359 mi | ||
| CCJ | Calicut | 1,662 mi | ||
| CBR | Canberra | 147 mi | ||
| CPT | Cape Town | 2,559 mi | ||
| IXC | Chandigarh | 1,209 mi | ||
| MAA | Chennai | 1,171 mi | ||
| ORD | Chicago | 3,861 mi | ||
| CHC | Christchurch | 1,321 mi | ||
| CJB | Coimbatore | 623 mi | ||
| LYS | Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône | 566 mi | ||
| CMB | Colombo | 220 mi | ||
| CPH | Copenhagen | 698 mi | ||
| DAD | Da Nang | 1,055 mi | ||
| DAR | Dar es Salaam | 1,096 mi | ||
| DRW | Darwin | 1,946 mi | ||
| DED | Dehradun (Jauligrant) | 130 mi | ||
| DAC | Dhaka | 1,173 mi | ||
| DIB | Dibrugarh | 415 mi | ||
| DMU | Dimapur | 137 mi | ||
| DOH | Doha | 1,424 mi | ||
| DRS | Dresden | 346 mi | ||
| DXB | Dubai | 1,822 mi | ||
| DUB | Dublin | 769 mi | ||
| DBV | Dubrovnik | 582 mi | ||
| IAD | Dulles | 4,070 mi | ||
| DUS | Düsseldorf | 490 mi | ||
| YEG | Edmonton | 503 mi | ||
| AYJ | Faizabad | 334 mi | ||
| MXP | Ferno (VA) | 399 mi | ||
| FRA | Frankfurt am Main | 675 mi | ||
| FUK | Fukuoka | 548 mi | ||
| GBE | Gaborone | 446 mi | ||
| GAN | Gan | 715 mi | ||
| GAY | Gaya | 552 mi | ||
| GDN | Gdańsk | 184 mi | ||
| GVA | Geneva | 285 mi | ||
| HDO | Ghaziabad | 722 mi | ||
| OOL | Gold Coast | 826 mi | ||
| GAU | Guwahati | 905 mi | ||
| GWL | Gwalior | 905 mi | ||
| YHZ | Halifax | 2,752 mi | ||
| HWR | Halwara | 175 mi | ||
| HAM | Hamburg | 477 mi | ||
| HTI | Hamilton Island | 949 mi | ||
| HAJ | Hannover | 175 mi | ||
| HAN | Hanoi (Soc Son) | 1,378 mi | ||
| HRE | Harare | 1,932 mi | ||
| HIJ | Hiroshima | 396 mi | ||
| SGN | Ho Chi Minh City | 2,269 mi | ||
| HBA | Hobart (Cambridge) | 384 mi | ||
| HKG | Hong Kong | 2,328 mi | ||
| HRG | Hurghada | 250 mi | ||
| HYD | Hyderabad | 164 mi | ||
| IMF | Imphal | 172 mi | ||
| IDR | Indore | 1,291 mi | ||
| JAI | Jaipur | 976 mi | ||
| CGK | Jakarta | 548 mi | ||
| IXJ | Jammu | 90 mi | ||
| JGA | Jamnagar | 297 mi | ||
| JED | Jeddah | 2,570 mi | ||
| GIZ | Jizan | 399 mi | ||
| JDH | Jodhpur | 495 mi | ||
| JNB | Johannesburg | 2,528 mi | ||
| EBB | Kampala | 757 mi | ||
| CNN | Kannur | 1,602 mi | ||
| KTM | Kathmandu | 219 mi | ||
| KTW | Katowice | 142 mi | ||
| COK | Kochi | 2,260 mi | ||
| CCU | Kolkata | 237 mi | ||
| DPS | Kuta, Badung | 3,618 mi | ||
| KWI | Kuwait City | 2,193 mi | ||
| LST | Launceston (Western Junction) | 568 mi | ||
| IXL | Leh | 185 mi | ||
| LIS | Lisbon | 1,164 mi | ||
| LHR | London | 1,178 mi | ||
| LGW | London | 3,925 mi | ||
| LKO | Lucknow | 960 mi | ||
| LUN | Lusaka | 251 mi | ||
| LUX | Luxembourg | 665 mi | ||
| LXR | Luxor | 317 mi | ||
| IXM | Madurai | 259 mi | ||
| MLE | Malé | 1,700 mi | ||
| BAH | Manama | 1,821 mi | ||
| MAN | Manchester, Greater Manchester | 517 mi | ||
| IXE | Mangaluru | 1,312 mi | ||
| MNL | Manila (Pasay) | 2,966 mi | ||
| MRS | Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône | 635 mi | ||
| MCY | Maroochydore | 521 mi | ||
| MED | Medina | 440 mi | ||
| MEL | Melbourne | 296 mi | ||
| MBA | Mombasa | 901 mi | ||
| YUL | Montréal | 2,288 mi | ||
| GOX | Mopa | 312 mi | ||
| BOM | Mumbai | 551 mi | ||
| MUC | Munich | 483 mi | ||
| MCT | Muscat/Seeb | 1,513 mi | ||
| NAG | Nagpur | 553 mi | ||
| OKA | Naha | 967 mi | ||
| NBO | Nairobi | 723 mi | ||
| NRT | Narita | 4,217 mi | ||
| NMI | Navi Mumbai | 505 mi | ||
| DEL | New Delhi | 336 mi | ||
| JFK | New York | 7,305 mi | ||
| EWR | Newark | 7,796 mi | ||
| NCE | Nice, Alpes-Maritimes | 544 mi | ||
| NUE | Nuremberg | 118 mi | ||
| KIX | Osaka | 269 mi | ||
| ITM | Osaka | 251 mi | ||
| OSL | Oslo (Gardermoen) | 863 mi | ||
| CDG | Paris (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) | 1,393 mi | ||
| PAT | Patna | 139 mi | ||
| PEN | Penang | 374 mi | ||
| PER | Perth | 2,036 mi | ||
| KTI | Phnom Penh (Boeng Khyang) | 695 mi | ||
| HKT | Phuket | 1,480 mi | ||
| MRU | Plaine Magnien | 1,905 mi | ||
| IXZ | Port Blair | 1,019 mi | ||
| POZ | Poznań | 176 mi | ||
| PRG | Prague | 253 mi | ||
| PNQ | Pune | 567 mi | ||
| ELQ | Qassim | 432 mi | ||
| ZQN | Queenstown | 1,205 mi | ||
| RPR | Raipur | 174 mi | ||
| HSR | Rajkot | 570 mi | ||
| IXR | Ranchi | 859 mi | ||
| RKT | Ras Al Khaimah | 1,646 mi | ||
| KEF | Reykjavík | 1,635 mi | ||
| RIX | Riga | 683 mi | ||
| GIG | Rio De Janeiro | 5,945 mi | ||
| RUH | Riyadh | 529 mi | ||
| FCO | Rome | 3,848 mi | ||
| RUN | Sainte-Marie | 144 mi | ||
| SLL | Salalah | 1,571 mi | ||
| SFO | San Francisco | 7,694 mi | ||
| CTS | Sapporo | 510 mi | ||
| ICN | Seoul | 5,646 mi | ||
| KUL | Sepang | 2,409 mi | ||
| PVG | Shanghai (Pudong) | 2,667 mi | ||
| SNN | Shannon | 3,074 mi | ||
| SHJ | Sharjah | 1,821 mi | ||
| SSH | Sharm El Sheikh | 234 mi | ||
| SAI | Siem Reap | 831 mi | ||
| IXB | Siliguri | 1,084 mi | ||
| SIN | Singapore | 3,911 mi | ||
| SPU | Split | 578 mi | ||
| SXR | Srinagar | 1,448 mi | ||
| ARN | Stockholm | 799 mi | ||
| STR | Stuttgart | 339 mi | ||
| SUB | Surabaya | 855 mi | ||
| STV | Surat | 582 mi | ||
| SYD | Sydney (Mascot) | 3,911 mi | ||
| GRU | São Paulo | 6,169 mi | ||
| TIF | Taif | 459 mi | ||
| TPE | Taoyuan | 1,547 mi | ||
| TAS | Tashkent | 1,546 mi | ||
| TLV | Tel Aviv | 2,514 mi | ||
| TRV | Thiruvananthapuram | 2,029 mi | ||
| TRZ | Tiruchirappalli | 1,821 mi | ||
| TIR | Tirupati | 259 mi | ||
| NGO | Tokoname | 3,133 mi | ||
| HND | Tokyo | 3,294 mi | ||
| YYZ | Toronto | 4,318 mi | ||
| TLS | Toulouse/Blagnac | 557 mi | ||
| UDR | Udaipur | 336 mi | ||
| BDQ | Vadodara | 226 mi | ||
| YVR | Vancouver | 2,752 mi | ||
| VNS | Varanasi | 214 mi | ||
| GOI | Vasco da Gama | 538 mi | ||
| ZAG | Velika Gorica | 456 mi | ||
| SEZ | Victoria | 1,489 mi | ||
| VFA | Victoria Falls | 2,069 mi | ||
| VCV | Victorville | 8,667 mi | ||
| VIE | Vienna | 316 mi | ||
| VGA | Vijayawada | 864 mi | ||
| VNO | Vilnius | 246 mi | ||
| VTZ | Visakhapatnam | 180 mi | ||
| WAW | Warsaw | 190 mi | ||
| WLG | Wellington | 1,609 mi | ||
| NTL | Williamtown | 519 mi | ||
| YWG | Winnipeg | 1,158 mi | ||
| WRO | Wrocław | 190 mi | ||
| RGN | Yangon | 1,453 mi | ||
| ZNZ | Zanzibar | 1,051 mi | ||
| BRU | Zaventem | 300 mi | ||
| ZRH | Zurich | 431 mi |
Air India FAQ
Air India flies nonstop to 221 destinations in 69 countries. 59 domestic, 162 international.
Air India doesn't operate a traditional hub-and-spoke network. The busiest airports are New Delhi (DEL), Mumbai (BOM), Bengaluru (BLR), and others. You fly direct between cities.
51 aircraft types appear on AI routes, including 220, 221, 223 and more. Some of these belong to partner airlines, not Air India directly.
Air India is in Star Alliance. Your frequent flyer miles earn and redeem across all partner airlines. You can also use partner lounges and book connecting flights on a single ticket.
Yes. Some AI flights are operated by partners including Helvetic Airways, Air India Express, airBaltic. Same flight number and booking, different plane and crew.
Yes. 162 international routes to 69 countries, plus 59 domestic routes.
221 nonstop destinations across 69 countries. One of the larger airline networks tracked on this site.