Air India is replacing its existing services to Tokyo's Narita International Airport with four weekly flights from Delhi to Tokyo's Haneda Airport, the company said on March 3, 2025. The services will begin March 31, 2025.
The airline said the shift will provide its passengers with easier access to central Tokyo.
In addition, Air India expanded its codeshare agreement with Star Alliance partner All Nippon Airways (ANA), which will allow guests onward connections from Tokyo Haneda to six other cities in Japan. This agreement builds upon its existing codeshare and interline agreements with ANA.
The six cities consist of Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Nagoya, Okinawa, Osaka, and Sapporo.
ANA will place its code on Air India's flight between Delhi and Tokyo Haneda, Delhi and Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Pune.
The two airlines first signed a codeshare agreement in April 2024. This agreement had allowed Air India to codeshare on ANA's Tokyo Haneda-Delhi and Tokyo Narita-Mumbai flights, and ANA to codeshare on Air India's Delhi-Tokyo flights.
“By providing easy access for our guests to ANA’s domestic Japan network, combined with ANA’s reach into Air India’s extensive Indian network, we’re creating a stronger bridge between our two nations—making travel simpler and truly rewarding for our common guests,” said Air India chief commercial officer Nipun Aggarwal.
ANA executive vice president of alliances and international affairs Katsuya Goto commented: “This is a significant step in our ongoing efforts to provide a superior travel experience for customers flying between Japan and India.”
According to the Japan National Tourism Organisation, Indian travel to Japan in 2024 increased 40% on 2023.
Air India's flights to Haneda will continue to be operated by its 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft.