Now, IndiGo cutting wide body Europe & UK flights too
NEW DELHI: After its narrow body operations, IndiGo will now cut its Europe & UK flights mounted on wide body aircraft too. Copenhagen flights will be suspended till further notice from Feb 17. The airline says its twin aisle operations have “faced external operational constraints; continuously changing airspace constraints due to geo-political circumstances and congestion at airports both in India and abroad.” These factors have “significantly increased flight and block times causing strain over the airline’s (Boeing) 787-9 schedule that is operated with six wide-body aircraft.”To avoid “inconvenience to customers due 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.” IndiGo has wet leased (hired with operating crew) Boeing 787s from Norse Atlantic.The changes being made are:
- Starting Feb 17, 2026, IndiGo will suspend its operations to and from Copenhagen till further notice.
- From Feb 7, IndiGo will reduce its Delhi – Manchester services from five to four flights per week, and further reduce to three from Feb 19. It is reducing its total connectivity to & from Manchester from nine weekly to seven weekly services. “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,” the airline says.
- From Feb 9, IndiGo’s Delhi – London Heathrow services will be adjusted from five times weekly to four weekly flights, for the current winter schedule
“IndiGo is proactively reaching out to the affected customers to offer alternative flights or issue timely refunds and compensation as per the applicable rules…. IndiGo regrets that the prevailing circumstances have affected the airline’s operational reliability on its B787-9 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 in a statement.As part of spreading its international network, 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 precursor to IndiGo’s own A350-900 widebody inductions in early 2028.
