AI281Air India · DEL → CMB
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Route confirmed Air India

AI281 New DelhiDEL · 12:40 ColomboCMB

AI281 by Air India flies from New Delhi (DEL) to Colombo (CMB).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
12:40

scheduled from DEL

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-18
+0 gate
10-17
+0 gate
10-16
+0 gate
10-15
+0 gate
10-14
+0 gate
10-13
+0 gate
10-12
+0 gate

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DELNew DelhiOn-time likelyDEL delay board →
CMBColomboOn-time likelyCMB delay board →
DEL→CMBevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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T
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other New Delhi to Colombo flights today

same route · Air India
AI277departs 00:25

If AI281 is cancelled, this is the other Air India nonstop flight from New Delhi to Colombo on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DEL local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AI281 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AI281 across the DEL and CMB boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs on time. Based on 13 confirmed departures · 13/13 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AI281 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-18DEL 13:01 (+0)CMB
10-17DEL 13:14 (+0)CMB
10-16DEL 13:06 (+0)CMB
10-15DEL 14:06 (+0)CMB
10-14DEL 14:48 (+0)CMB
10-13DEL 12:48 (+0)CMB
10-12DEL 12:59 (+0)CMB
10-11DEL 12:53 (+0)CMB
10-10DEL 13:34 (+0)CMB
10-09DEL 13:17 (+0)CMB
10-08DEL 13:04 (+0)CMB
10-07DEL 15:04 (+0)CMB
10-06DEL 12:48 (+0)CMB
10-05DEL 14:17 (+0)CMB

Aircraft

Recent tails: VT-PPO, VT-PPM, VT-TNY, VT-EXR.

Board clocks recorded as DEL and CMB published them.

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