With Air India suspending its services between Delhi and Washington DC, passengers who had already booked tickets for travel after September 1, 2025, are agitated. The retrofitting of the airline’s 26 Boeing 787-8s was scheduled early last year under Vihaan.

Air India will suspend services between New Delhi and Washington, D.C. from September due to aircraft shortages caused by upgrades to its Boeing planes and as Pakistan's airspace ban for Indian carriers affects its international routes.

Air India's suspension of service is "due to a combination of operational factors, to ensure the reliability and integrity" of the airline.