Overview
- Air India will operate four weekly rotations on Boeing 787-8 aircraft configured with 18 Business and 238 Economy seats.
- Tickets are being released progressively across the airline’s website, app, ticket offices, contact centres and travel agents.
- The carrier plans a non-stop Mumbai–Shanghai service in 2026, subject to regulatory clearance.
- This return marks Air India’s first mainland China service since routes were suspended in early 2020 due to the pandemic.
- Direct connectivity on the corridor has restarted with IndiGo resuming Kolkata–Guangzhou on October 26 and Delhi–Guangzhou on November 10, and China Eastern relaunching Delhi–Shanghai on November 9.