IndiGo to Adjust Long-haul Flight Schedule; To Suspend Copenhagen Services from Feb 17
The airline said its wide-body operation has faced external operational constraints such as continuously changing airspace constraints due to geopolitical circumstances, congestion at airports both in India and abroad
New Delhi: IndiGo has announced to readjust its long-haul flight schedule saying its wide-body (B787-9) operation has faced external operational constraints. The airline on Wednesday said continuously changing airspace constraints due to geopolitical circumstances, congestion at airports both in India and abroad leading to longer block times and schedule strain across its six 787-9 aircraft are some of the factors that has forced it to readjust its long distance flight schedules including suspending services to Copenhagen from February 17. The airline will also reduce its flights on Delhi-London Heathrow and Delhi-Manchester routes.
IndiGo said the step has been taken to “improve operational resilience” and “schedule/on-time reliability.” IndiGo added it is proactively reaching out to the affected customers to offer alternative flights or issue timely refunds and compensation as per the applicable rules The airline further said that it will keep monitoring conditions and may scale the long-haul network up or down depending on how constraints evolve.
From February 7, the carrier will reduce its Delhi-Manchester services to four times a week from five times per week. On this route, the number of flights will be cut to three times per week from February 19. Further, Delhi-London Heathrow services will be cut to four from five per week for the current winter schedule starting from February 9. IndiGo said the measures are being taken to avoid inconvenience to passengers due to misconnections and cascading delays.
“With the objective of avoiding inconvenience to customers due to misconnections and cascading delays, IndiGo has decided to take some immediate measures to restore
operational reliability in terms of on-time performance for its widebody operation…This scale adjustment was originally planned to be introduced in the summer schedule 2026; however, it is being executed earlier to ensure reliability to the rest of IndiGo's long-haul operations," IndiGo statement said.
The airline had started a widebody project in March 2025, by executing a damp lease arrangement of six Boeing 787-9 aircraft from Norse Atlantic Airways. This project was set up as an intermediate solution for global expansion and a pre-cursor to IndiGo’s own A350-900 widebody inductions in early 2028, to gradually upgrade the airline’s internal capabilities for the larger expansion in future.
“IndiGo regrets that the prevailing circumstances have affected the airline’s operational reliability on its 787-9 routes. By making these adjustments to its schedule the airline strives to improve reliability of its long-haul services and reduce disruption to connecting itineraries booked by its customers. IndiGo will continue monitoring these external developments and flexibly scale its network up or down to align with evolving conditions,” the airline said.
