The inaugural service, Flight AI1111, departed from Varanasi's Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport at 9:23 am, carrying passengers who will connect through Delhi to international destinations including Dubai, Colombo, Jeddah, Riyadh, Kathmandu and Phuket

An Air India Airbus A321 operating from Delhi to Amritsar briefly entered Pakistani airspace during a go-around manoeuvre on Monday. The airline has reported the incident to regulators and launched an internal investigation, while the DGCA is expected to conduct a detailed probe