India, July 15 -- Air India on Tuesday said it will partially restore flight operations that had been reduced following the June 12 air crash that killed 260 people.

The airline said the partial service resumption will see restoration of some frequencies from August 1, as compared to July. The full restoration of flight operations was planned from October 1.

Flight operations were scaled back as part of a "safety pause" after a Boeing 787 operating from Ahmedabad to Gatwick crashed moments after take-off on June 12. All but one of the 242 people on board and 19 others on the ground were killed.

"That pause enabled Air India to perform additional precautionary checks on its Boeing 787 aircraft as well as accommodating longer flying time...