Air India, come back serve direct flights to Australia after a 16-year absence. This route will operated by its Boeing 787-8 Air India and will become the first 787 operator in Australia.
The carrier is launching a triangulated route will operate four days a week Delhi-Sydney-Melbourne, with the remaining three days operating Delhi-Melbourne-Sydney.
Air India, resume direct flights to Australia will starting on August 29.
The airline’s announcement, which was made at the recent annual Routes Asia conference, turns around the lack of direct flights after Qantas abandoned the route in May 2012.