A potential Air India route between Dallas/Fort Worth and Delhi has quietly disappeared from the carrier’s schedule.
India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation first approved the service in October 2024 and said Air India could begin operating it as soon as Dec. 1 of that year, though aviation experts believed the carrier would most likely wait until 2025. The route looked increasingly likely after Dallas Fort Worth International Airport was added to Air India’s DGCA-approved flight schedule, but the airline did not officially confirm the service, and no start date was announced.
The Dallas Business Journal reported Thursday that Dallas has disappeared from the list of airports Air India serves and from its 2025 schedule, though U.S. destinations like New York-JFK and Chicago O’Hare remain listed.
Air India has not publicly commented on the route and did not respond to a request for comment.
The airline is in the process of retrofitting its long-haul aircraft, taking some of those jets out of service. It was not immediately clear on Friday if that effort has anything to do with the apparent cancellation.
According to WFAA-TV in Dallas, the potential link to Delhi was welcomed by the sizable Indian community in North Texas.
In North America, Air India currently flies nonstop to New York-JFK, Newark, New Jersey, Chicago O’Hare, San Francisco, Toronto, and Vancouver. It recently ended flights to Washington Dulles due to the retrofit program.
