New Delhi:
Five Air India flights, including the Delhi-Paris AI 143, were cancelled today. AI 143 was cancelled after “mandatory pre-flight checks identified an issue”, the airline said in a statement this evening. Consequently, the return service, Air India flight AI 142, scheduled to fly from Paris to Delhi on Wednesday, has also been cancelled.
The issue flagged by pre-flight checks “is being addressed”, an airline spokesperson said, but the delay means AI 143 will run afoul of restrictions on night-time operations at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport.
“We regret the inconvenience caused to our passengers and are making alternative arrangements… We are providing hotel accommodation and also offering full refunds on cancellations or complimentary rescheduling, if opted for by the passengers,” the airline said.
Air India Spokesperson says, “Flight AI143 from Delhi to Paris of 17 June has been cancelled. The mandatory pre-flight checks identified an issue which is being presently addressed. However, in view of the flight coming under the restrictions on night operations at Paris Charles…
— ANI (@ANI) June 17, 2025
This is the second Air India flight cancellation in quick succession.
Hours earlier the airline confirmed its Ahmedabad-London Gatwick service had been scrapped and cited an unavailability of aircraft due to airspace restrictions and additional precautionary checks.
This comes days after the horrific crash of Air India’s AI 171 – a 787-8 Dreamliner flying the same sector as above, i.e., from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, that crashed seconds after take-off.
Post-Ahmedabad, Tech snags hit Dreamliners:
In the aftermath of the June 12 AI-171 crash three other India-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliners – operated by British Airways, Lufthansa, and Air India – were forced to return to origin airports.
One of those was a Hong Kong-Delhi AI flight that returned 15 minutes after taking off; Air India said AI-315 turned around because of a “technical issue” but gave no further details.
The other two were from Frankfurt (to Hyderabad) and London (to Chennai).
And, early Tuesday an Air India San Francisco-Mumbai flight via Kolkata also suffered a technical snag. Passengers were deboarded during a halt at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport.
The flight had a problem in the left engine, news agency PTI reported.
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