Air India is suspending its direct flights between Delhi and Washington, DC, starting September 1. The decision comes due to operational factors as several of the airline's Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes wouldn't be available.

A ir India is suspending flights to Dulles International Airport (IAD) in Washington, D.C., indefinitely as it begins interior updates to its Boeing 787 fleet. The Star Alliance carrier will end flights between Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) and IAD on Sept. 1, Air India said Monday.

The suspension will mean there are no flights between the two capital cities by an Indian airline, and comes amid rising tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump's high tariffs on Indian imports. Air India,