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Top 25 international sectors from India Q1-CY26 networkthoughts.com/2026/05/21/top…

The Geometry of Fear: How Airline Network Planning Adapts to the West Asia Airspace Crisis networkthoughts.com/2026/05/19/the…

Pakistan extends closure of its airspace for Indian registered aircraft and aircraft operated by Indian carriers

SWISS to start 5x weekly service to Bengaluru from Zurich starting this winter. LX140 ZRH1320 - 0255(+1)BLR LX141 BLR0450 - 1050ZRH Zurich departure on all days except Mondays and Wednesdays, Bengaluru departure on all days except Tuesdays and Thursdays

The Tri-Hub Advantage: SWISS Adds Bengaluru, Completing the Lufthansa Group Triple-Play networkthoughts.com/2026/05/19/the…

Air India Express is in the process of rejigging their BLR hub operations for the months of June and July with near term downsizing in domestic reflecting post summer break lean season &adding selectively international capacity. The highlight is the transfer of Hyderabad Phuket to Bengaluru with a 4 weekly operation to begin with IX 904 BLR 1035 HKT 1550 IX 903 HKT 1645 BLR 1855 4 weekly Boeing 737Max8 op Other Changes are as below Domestic BLR IXC held at 2 daily for June and down to 1 daily for July BLR LKO down from 3 to 2 daily for June but restored to 3 daily for July BLR VNS down from 2 to 1 daily for June and back to 2 daily for July BLR PAT held at 2 daily for June but down to 1 daily for July BLR JAI down from 2 to 1 daily for June but restored back to 2 daily for July BLR AMD down from 3 to 2 daily for June and further to 1 daily for July BLR STV held at 1 daily for June, dropped for July BLR NMI from 3 to 2 daily for June, restored back to 3 daily for July BLR NAG from 2 to 1 daily for June, restored back to 2 daily for July BLR BBI held at 2 daily for June, drops to 1 daily for July BLR CCU held at 3 daily for June, drops to 2 daily for July BLR IXB seasonal capacity increased to 3 daily for June, drops back to 2 daily for July BLR HYD held at 7 daily for June, drops to 5 daily for July BLR MAA from 6 to 5 daily for June, restored back to 6 daily for July BLRTRZ from 2 weekly to 3 weekly for June and to 5 weekly for July BLR TRV from 2 to 1 daily in June, restored to 2 daily in July BLR COK maintained at 4 daily in June, drops to 3 daily in July BLR CCJ from 2 daily to 8 weekly for June and July BLR CNN (dropped for May and June), restored in July as 1 daily BLR IXE from 3 to 2 daily for June and July BLR GOI (Dabolim) from 17 weekly to 10 weekly for June, back up to 17 weekly in July BLR GOX (Mopa) : 1 daily dropped for June, restored for July Total reduction of approximately 11 daily domestic flights for June and July International sees the following BLR DXB 1 daily from June  BLR AUH 1 daily restored from July 1 BLR DOH 4 weekly from June, 1 daily from July 1 BLR KWI 3 weekly restored from July 1 BLR JED 3 weekly from June BLR RUH 3 weekly from June BLRBKK daily in June, 4 weekly from July Total IX daily services at BLR will be 68 daily for the month of June and close to 70 daily for July @networkthoughts

Bhogapuram Airport updates As of end of April, 99.2% overall completion of the project. Airside: 100% Terminal: 99.1% ATC: 97.9% Planned completion date: June 30, 2026

GMR Airports - Traffic data for April 2026 Delhi: International traffic down 5.9%, domestic up 1.8% Hyderabad: International traffic down 19.6%, domestic down 14.2%. Total traffic down 15.1% in April'26 v/s April'25 Hyderabad recorded highest ever traffic in FY26

Swiss extends its second daily to Delhi from Zurich until mid September

Air India's US network is now smaller than what it was pre pandemic networkthoughts.com/2026/05/13/air…

Air India network adjustments summarised by AI

Analysing the IndiGo launch network at Noida (DXN) IndiGo has shared its launch network at Noida Airport (DXN) and one very clear pattern is evident This airport for IndiGo will have one role for now - as a domestic transfer hub. Most flights are designed to bring passengers from the bigger cities (BLR, HYD, NMI, LKO, JAI, IXC) and transfer them onto smaller points beyond leveraging the ATR network (DHM, PGH, BEK, KQH) as well as a sort of scissor operation to ATQ, SXR & IXJ. Flights from BLR, HYD, NMI, IXC, LKO and JAI reach DXN between 830 and 9 am. This is the arrival bank. There is a bank of flights departing at 0955 to DHM, ATQ, SXR, IXJ, BEK/KQH, PGH. These flights return between 1300 and 1400 (PGH DXN comes in at 1220) alongside a Jodhpur Noida flight. Departures from DXN start at 1435 with BHO as an additional spoke apart from NMI, BLR, HYD, LKO, JAI & JDH. This is quite smart given the uncertainty of demand from the catchment given the experience at NMI where transport and last mile connectivity have been challenges. This way they can derisk the operation at DXN and test waters as well as free up capacity at DEL to focus on origin passengers @networkthoughts

Starting tomorrow, Air India will start flights to Hanoi, its second destination in Vietnam. networkthoughts.com/2026/04/29/air…

Domestic traffic in India in March 2026 - 1.44 crore passengers Highest Passenger Load Factor - Akasa Air (90.5%) Highest market share - IndiGo (63.3%) Highest OTP (at 10 major airports) - IndiGo (88.7%) Lowest OTP - SpiceJet (43%) Highest OTP amongst 10 major airports - Chennai (92.9%) Lowest OTP amongst 10 major airports - Mumbai (72.4%) Passengers impacted by Cancellation - 66784 Passengers impacted by Delays - 121180

Thai AirAsia International Network Adjustments Frequency reductions Don Mueang (DMK) – Guwahati (GAU): 29 April 2026 – 24 October 2026 Don Mueang (DMK) – Kathmandu (KTM): 1 May 2026 – 31 July 2026 Don Mueang (DMK) – Bali (DPS): 1 May 2026 – 30 June 2026 Don Mueang (DMK) – Hong Kong (HKG): 12 May 2026 – 30 June 2026 Don Mueang (DMK) – Singapore (SIN): 12 May 2026 – 30 June 2026 Don Mueang (DMK) – Jaipur (JAI): 12 May 2026 – 24 October 2026 Don Mueang (DMK) – Ahmedabad (AMD): 28 May 2026 – 24 October 2026 Don Mueang (DMK) – Hyderabad (HYD): 1 June 2026 – 24 October 2026 Don Mueang (DMK) – Lucknow (LKO): 3 June 2026 – 24 October 2026 Suspension Don Mueang (DMK) – Xi'an (XIY): Suspension effective from 11 May 2026 Phuket (HKT) – Chennai (MAA): Suspension effective from 13 April 2026 Phuket (HKT) – Kochi (COK): Suspension effective from 17 April 2026 Hong Kong (HKG) – Okinawa (OKA): Suspension effective from 7 May 2026

IndiGo will start flights to Reunion island from Chennai on 29th April. networkthoughts.com/2026/04/27/ind…

Top 5 States/UT in India by air traffic: March 2026 International 1. Delhi 2. Maharashtra 3. Karnataka 4. Tamil Nadu 5. Kerala Domestic 1. Delhi 2. Maharashtra 3. Karnataka 4. Telangana 5. Tamil Nadu Total (Domestic + International) 1. Delhi 2. Maharashtra 3. Karnataka 4. Tamil Nadu 5. Telangana #Top10

Top 10 airports in India by passenger footfall - March 2026 Churn in International rankings Top10 NTTraffic NTAirports

Surprise! Surprise!! Airlines in India carried 545,847 domestic passengers on Sunday April 19, 2026. This is the HIGHEST single day traffic in History Airlines operated 3501 domestic departures yesterday

Mumbai Airport will remain closed for all operations between 1100 hours to 1700 hours local time for pre-monsoon works on Thursday May 07, 2026