Air India says flights overflying Iran will use alternative route, warns of delays

Air India acknowledged in an announcement on Thursday (January 15, 2026) that flights overflying Iran could maybe presumably end result in delays as they are the utilization of an replacement route attributable to closure of Iran’s airspace, following tensions in Iran and anti-authorities notify over the industrial crisis.

“Attributable to the emerging field in Iran, the subsequent closure of its airspace, and in imagine of the safety of our passengers, Air India flights overflying the gap are now the utilization of an replacement routing, that could maybe presumably end result in delays,” the airline acknowledged in its assertion.

Protests sparked by merchants’ strike over hyperinflation and the falling forex enjoy spread nationwide and turned violent in Iran within the origin of January. About 2,000 folk enjoy to this level been killed in protests at some level of Iran, an Iranian legitimate acknowledged on Tuesday (January 13, 2026). 

It also added that some Air India flights the set within the mean time rerouting is no longer you can imagine are being cancelled.

It has requested passengers to test the location of their flights on Air India’s net feature.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday (January 14, 2026) spoke to Iranian International Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and talked about the fresh unrest in Iran as smartly because the growing regional tensions in West Asia.

The dialog took space hours after the Ministry of External Affairs “strongly told” Indian electorate to protect far off from travelling to Iran “until extra stumble on”.

On the same time, the Embassy of India in Tehran entreated Indian nationals and participants of Indian foundation to leave the country by any accessible way of transport, including industrial airlines, and asked their India-basically based relations to register them on the embassy helpline net page.