Air India Express has filed its proposed international network changes for the Winter 2026 season, with Goa’s Dabolim Airport set to regain a daily connection to Dubai.

As per the filed schedule, the Goa-Dabolim (GOI)–Dubai route will resume with seven flights per week, restoring a daily international service on the sector.

The airline has also proposed several new international routes, resumptions and frequency adjustments across its network for the upcoming winter schedule.

At Mangaluru, Air India Express plans to introduce a twice-weekly service to Ras Al-Khaimah, while flights to Abu Dhabi are proposed to increase from five to nine per week.

At Thiruvananthapuram, a new twice-weekly Bahrain service has been proposed, while the Riyadh route is set to resume with three weekly flights. However, services to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Muscat are proposed to be reduced to four flights per week each.

Kochi is slated to receive a new four-times-weekly Bangkok service. At the same time, the Riyadh service is proposed to be suspended, while Abu Dhabi flights would reduce from 10 to six weekly and Muscat flights from seven to four.

At Lucknow, Riyadh is proposed to return with three weekly flights, while the Ras Al-Khaimah service is also set to resume at four flights per week.

The airline has proposed increased Dubai connectivity from Kozhikode, with services rising from eight to 11 weekly. Jeddah flights would also increase from six to seven weekly. Services to Sharjah, Ras Al-Khaimah and Bahrain would see reductions.

At Kannur, Dubai services are proposed to increase from seven to eight weekly and Jeddah from two to three. Sharjah flights would drop from 12 to seven weekly, while Ras Al-Khaimah and Riyadh services would also be reduced. The Kuwait route is set to remain suspended during winter.

Surat is proposed to get a new three-times-weekly Sharjah service, while Dubai flights would rise from three to seven weekly. The Bangkok route will remain suspended.

Other proposed changes include higher frequencies on Varanasi-Sharjah, Varanasi-Bangkok, Jaipur-Dubai and Tiruchirapalli-Singapore services.

Air India Express has also proposed a new Mumbai-Kuwait service operating three times a week and a four-times-weekly Hyderabad-Phuket service, which would mark its resumption.

At Delhi, Abu Dhabi flights are proposed to decline from seven to five weekly, while Chennai-Singapore is proposed to operate twice daily following the transfer of the service from Air India.

At Amritsar, Sharjah services are proposed to increase from six to seven weekly.

The airline has clarified that the increase in Dubai frequencies needs to be viewed in the context of the summer schedule, when some flights were not fully utilised following mid-season reductions.

The Winter 2026 schedule is still subject to change and could undergo further revisions as the season approaches.