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Air India (AI) — Africa Routes, Baggage Policy, USD Fares

Air India (AI): India-flagged carrier, Star Alliance, 25 kg baseline baggage. Africa routes and USD fare guide.

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CE Written by CheapFlightsAfrica Editorial Team · Updated May 2026 · 5 min read

Air India (AI) — Airline from India

Air India (IATA: AI) is a India-flagged carrier and a member of Star Alliance. This guide covers its African routes, baggage policy, and typical USD fare bands.

Key info

  • Baggage baseline: 25 kg
  • Infant fare: 10% of adult
  • Umrah/Hajj charter service: no
  • Africa-market brand strength: 6/10
  • Migrant-uplift (extra kg on diaspora corridors): +0 kg

Routes from Africa

  • JNB-BOM
  • NBO-BOM
  • JNB-DEL
  • LOS-DEL

USD fares on Air India vary by corridor; see the per-route guides linked from each origin’s airport page for live cached prices.

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About CheapFlightsAfrica Editorial Team

CheapFlightsAfrica is a pan-African editorial team covering outbound diaspora chains to the UK/AU/CA/USA, Hajj and Umrah logistics from Nigeria/South Africa/Kenya/Ghana, intra-Africa hub routing through Johannesburg/Nairobi/Addis Ababa, and Gulf transit via Dubai and Doha. Every article is written at one desk and verified at another. Published under a single team byline. View full masthead and editorial standards.

Updated May 2026

Notice: Fares, visa rules and Hajj quotas change frequently. Verify everything with the airline, SACAA/NCAA/KCAA/GCAA or the relevant Hajj board (NAHCON/SAHUC/KAHCON/GHC) before booking.