In a statement, 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.
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“These factors significantly increased flight and block times, causing strain over the airline’s 787-9 schedule that is operated with six wide-body aircraft,” it said.
IndiGo external operational constraints
Recently, IndiGo’s widebody operation has faced external operational constraints; continuously changing airspace constraints due to geopolitical circumstances, congestion at airports both in India and abroad.
These factors significantly increased flight and block times, causing strain on the airline’s 787-9 schedule that is operated with six wide-body aircraft.
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.
IndiGo to suspend Copenhagen services from Feb 17
As part of the network adjustment, the airline will suspend flights to and from Copenhagen (Denmark) from February 17 till further notice.
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.
“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 statement said.
Further, Delhi-London Heathrow services will be cut to four from five per week for the current winter schedule starting from February 9.
IndiGo introduces measures to avoid passenger disruptions
IndiGo said the measures are being taken to avoid inconvenience to passengers due to misconnections and cascading delays.
Basis thorough review of all the above factors, the airline will introduce the following changes to its wide-body network.
Starting 17 February 2026, IndiGo will suspend its operations to and from Copenhagen till further notice.
From 07 February 2026, IndiGo will reduce its Delhi – Manchester services from 5 flights per week to 4 flights per week, and further reduce to 3 flights per week from 19 February 2026; thus reducing its total connectivity to/from Manchester from 9 weekly to 7 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 for the rest of IndiGo’s long-haul operations.
With effect from 09 February 2026, IndiGo’s Delhi – London Heathrow services will be adjusted from 5x weekly to 4x weekly flights, for the current Winter Schedule.