Air India has announced a considerable but temporary five per cent reduction in its narrow-body flight operations across select domestic and short-haul international routes.

Air India said on Sunday it is temporarily reducing less than 5% of its narrowbody jet routes for "operational stability", its second such reduction following a plane crash earlier this month that killed all but one of the 242 people on board.

Air India has cut narrowbody services by under 5% and suspended select routes to ensure operational stability. Simultaneously, it is avoiding Gulf airspace amid escalating Iran-Israel tensions, leading to longer flight times.