{"id":23185,"date":"2025-08-11T16:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:29:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:59:21","slug":"air-india-to-suspend-delhi-washington-dc-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185","title":{"rendered":"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">New Delhi: Air India will suspend its Delhi\u2013Washington DC flights starting September 1, citing operational reasons linked to its ongoing fleet upgrade programme. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The airline has begun retrofitting 26 Boeing 787-8 aircraft to improve passenger experience, a process that will keep several planes out of service until late 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The move, Air India said, is necessary to maintain the reliability and integrity of its wider route network during the transition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights New Delhi: Air India will suspend its Delhi\u2013Washington DC flights starting September 1,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,229],"tags":[254,32,255,256],"class_list":["post-23185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-latest-news","category-world-news","tag-airindia","tag-delhi","tag-flights","tag-washigntondc"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india-150x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india-300x170.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg","large":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india-392x255.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india-390x205.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india-130x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india-150x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Media PBN Staff","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988c37f52d2788cc09b644c99930b603270adfec6434aa70fb4d6fcc8fb1013a?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights New Delhi: Air India will suspend its Delhi\u2013Washington DC flights starting September 1,","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["All Latest News","World News"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":401,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":1,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg",450,255,false],"medium":["https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india-300x170.jpg",300,170,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india-150x150.jpg",150,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"Media PBN Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?author=1"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988c37f52d2788cc09b644c99930b603270adfec6434aa70fb4d6fcc8fb1013a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-12\">All Latest News<\/a> <a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-229\">World News<\/a>","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights - MediaPBN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights - MediaPBN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights New Delhi: Air India will suspend its Delhi\u2013Washington DC flights starting September 1,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MediaPBN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T10:59:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T10:59:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"255\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Media PBN Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Media PBN Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Media PBN Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02fce6288fe35ca20ee07f034a6ddfa8\"},\"headline\":\"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-11T10:59:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-11T10:59:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185\"},\"wordCount\":82,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/air-india.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AirIndia\",\"Delhi\",\"flights\",\"WashigntonDC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"All Latest News\",\"World News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185\",\"name\":\"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights - MediaPBN\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/air-india.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-11T10:59:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-11T10:59:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/air-india.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/air-india.jpg\",\"width\":450,\"height\":255},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?p=23185#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"MediaPBN\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MediaPBN\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/cropped-cropped-mediapbnlogo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/cropped-cropped-mediapbnlogo.png\",\"width\":184,\"height\":110,\"caption\":\"MediaPBN\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02fce6288fe35ca20ee07f034a6ddfa8\",\"name\":\"Media PBN Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/988c37f52d2788cc09b644c99930b603270adfec6434aa70fb4d6fcc8fb1013a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/988c37f52d2788cc09b644c99930b603270adfec6434aa70fb4d6fcc8fb1013a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/988c37f52d2788cc09b644c99930b603270adfec6434aa70fb4d6fcc8fb1013a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Media PBN Staff\"},\"description\":\"Media PBN Desk is a proactive digital news and content management wing, committed to providing accurate, timely and comprehensive updates on regional affairs. Keeping an eye on every news, big or small, this media desk acts as a strong link between the government and the public. It closely monitors and reports on state policies, administrative decisions, court proceedings and socio-political developments. Focusing on journalistic integrity and digital expertise, this team is an expert in transforming complex government and administrative news into simple, interesting and readable content. Using modern digital tools and a prompt reporting system, Mediapbn.com desk ensures that everything from court decisions to public interest news reaches the readers with complete clarity and speed. It is always ready to educate citizens through unbiased journalism.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediapbn.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights - MediaPBN","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights - MediaPBN","og_description":"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights New Delhi: Air India will suspend its Delhi\u2013Washington DC flights starting September 1,","og_url":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185","og_site_name":"MediaPBN","article_published_time":"2025-08-11T10:59:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-11T10:59:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":450,"height":255,"url":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Media PBN Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Media PBN Staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185"},"author":{"name":"Media PBN Staff","@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/#\/schema\/person\/02fce6288fe35ca20ee07f034a6ddfa8"},"headline":"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights","datePublished":"2025-08-11T10:59:14+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-11T10:59:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185"},"wordCount":82,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg","keywords":["AirIndia","Delhi","flights","WashigntonDC"],"articleSection":["All Latest News","World News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185","url":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185","name":"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights - MediaPBN","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-11T10:59:14+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-11T10:59:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg","width":450,"height":255},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?p=23185#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Air India to suspend Delhi-Washington DC flights"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/","name":"MediaPBN","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/#organization","name":"MediaPBN","url":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cropped-cropped-mediapbnlogo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/cropped-cropped-mediapbnlogo.png","width":184,"height":110,"caption":"MediaPBN"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/#\/schema\/person\/02fce6288fe35ca20ee07f034a6ddfa8","name":"Media PBN Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988c37f52d2788cc09b644c99930b603270adfec6434aa70fb4d6fcc8fb1013a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988c37f52d2788cc09b644c99930b603270adfec6434aa70fb4d6fcc8fb1013a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988c37f52d2788cc09b644c99930b603270adfec6434aa70fb4d6fcc8fb1013a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Media PBN Staff"},"description":"Media PBN Desk is a proactive digital news and content management wing, committed to providing accurate, timely and comprehensive updates on regional affairs. Keeping an eye on every news, big or small, this media desk acts as a strong link between the government and the public. It closely monitors and reports on state policies, administrative decisions, court proceedings and socio-political developments. Focusing on journalistic integrity and digital expertise, this team is an expert in transforming complex government and administrative news into simple, interesting and readable content. Using modern digital tools and a prompt reporting system, Mediapbn.com desk ensures that everything from court decisions to public interest news reaches the readers with complete clarity and speed. It is always ready to educate citizens through unbiased journalism.","sameAs":["https:\/\/mediapbn.com"],"url":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/air-india.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23186,"href":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23185\/revisions\/23186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediapbn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}