Following the Air India AI-171 crash on June 12, which led to the rescheduling of all Air India flights, the airline had planned to operate its first post-crash international flight — AI-159 — from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick Airport at 1.10 pm yesterday. However, the flight was cancelled due to the unavailability of aircraft, according to Air India officials.

Around 200 passengers, who had planned their journey over a month in advance, were left stranded at Ahmedabad airport. The flight was initially scheduled to depart at 1.10 pm, but passengers began receiving messages from Air India stating that it was delayed to 2.55 pm. Later, another message informed them that the flight had been cancelled. Subsequently, Air India rescheduled flights for affected passengers and also provided refunds. Hotel accommodations were arranged for those awaiting alternate flights.

Passengers frustrated