IndiGo to launch daily Mumbai–London Heathrow nonstop from 26 Oct 2025 with 787-9

IndiGo will launch daily nonstop flights between Mumbai (BOM) and London Heathrow (LHR) from 26 October 2025, operating Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners leased from Norse Atlantic. The service is IndiGo's second UK route after Manchester and will help push Heathrow to a record nine daily flights to Mumbai.

Discovered 2025-10-06T05:25:58.875115-07:00 | 2025-10-06T05:25:58.875115-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The new daily nonstop from 26 Oct expands IndiGo’s long‑haul footprint and adds a second UK gateway after Manchester, building on the carrier’s recent push into London (see IndiGo’s earlier Heathrow long‑haul plans: https://hype.aero/?story=430dec3e-d5cd-4633-9ea7-99188cc75c30).
  • Adding the Mumbai–Heathrow rotation helps drive Heathrow’s Mumbai connectivity to a record nine daily flights at a time when the airport says it is operating at capacity and recently handled a record 8 million passengers in August 2025 (context: https://hype.aero/?story=f22b1107-a855-45d8-b989-0816e13afb38).
  • The service will use leased Boeing 787-9s, highlighting carriers’ reliance on leasing to source widebodies for rapid network growth while 787 delivery schedules remain a factor — see recent 787 delivery timing shifts such as Thai Airways’ six‑month delay (https://hype.aero/?story=ccc1ef12-b145-4f7c-874a-f624ad6eddb2).

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