Air India will operate two daily round trips between Delhi and Ludhiana's Halwara airport under its winter schedule. The schedule comes into effect from October 25, 2026. The airline has revised the timings to give passengers more options for travelling between Ludhiana and the national capital.
Air India Delhi–Halwara Winter Schedule: Full Flight Timings
The schedule covers four flights a day — two departures from Delhi and two return services from Halwara. Here is how the day is split:
- AI 481 departs Delhi at 9.50 am and arrives at Halwara at 11.05 am.
- AI 482 leaves Halwara at 11.40 am and reaches Delhi at 12.55 pm.
- AI 483 departs Delhi at 2.35 pm and arrives at Halwara at 3.55 pm.
- AI 484 leaves Halwara at 4.30 pm and reaches Delhi at 5.45 pm.
The morning and afternoon slots mean a traveller can leave Delhi before 10 am and be back in the capital by lunch, or take the afternoon service and return by early evening. The gap between arrival and the return departure at Halwara is 35 minutes on both rotations.
What the Halwara Airport Flights Mean for Ludhiana Travellers
The revised winter schedule comes into effect as Halwara airport is expected to strengthen air connectivity for Ludhiana. The city is a major business and industrial centre, and direct flights to Delhi connect it to the country's largest domestic aviation hub. For passengers, the key change is the timing — two clear windows in a single day rather than a single option.
To put it plainly, the schedule is built for short trips. A morning departure from Delhi lands at Halwara before noon, and the return gets back to Delhi before 1 pm. The afternoon pair works the same way, with a return landing in Delhi before 6 pm. Anyone flying between the two cities for a day of work has a realistic way to do it.
Our Take: A Useful Schedule, But the Test Is Reliability
In our view, the real value of this announcement is not the number of flights — it is the spacing. Two round trips, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, cover the two windows most travellers actually need. That is a sensible design for a route serving a business city like Ludhiana.
What matters now is whether the airline holds these timings through the winter months, when fog and low visibility often disrupt schedules in northern India. A 35-minute turnaround at Halwara leaves little room for delay, and a missed connection in Delhi can cost a passenger the whole day. Readers planning to use this route should treat the published timings as the plan, not a guarantee, and build some buffer into tight connections.
The bigger question is demand. Two daily round trips only work if the seats fill. If they do, Halwara becomes a genuinely useful airport for Ludhiana rather than a token one. If they don't, the schedule will quietly shrink. For now, travellers between Delhi and Ludhiana have a clear, well-timed option starting October 25, 2026 — and that is a step forward.
