# Airtel India - Europe routing issues

DevFeed: [Airtel India - Europe routing issues](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/airtel-india-europe-routing-issues-39770.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://anuragbhatia.com/post/2026/01/eu-india-routing-issues/>)

Published: 2026-01-28T22:15:04Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Personal blog of Anurag Bhatia](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/personal-blog-of-anurag-bhatia.md>)

Topics: [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [Routing (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/routing.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [airtel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/airtel.md>), [arelion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/arelion.md>), [as1299](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/as1299.md>), [as9498](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/as9498.md>), [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [europe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/europe.md>), [india](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/india.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [routing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/routing.md>)

## AI overview

The article investigates increased latency and significant packet loss between Airtel India and Europe beginning on 28 January 2026. Traceroutes and public BGP route data indicate traffic was taking an indirect path through the United States, while later updates report improved routing and restored connectivity after a MENA cable repair.

## Source excerpt

Since 20:08 IST / 14:38 GMT on 28 Jan 2026, the latency between Airtel India and Europe has gone up along with significant packet loss. Here's an example of shortlist 300+ endpoints from Airtel India with European endpoints: Traceroutes Airtel Haryana -> Contabo Europe Start: 2026-01-29T03:52:33+0530 HOST: desktop Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 1. AS??? _gateway (172.16.0.1) 0.0% 10 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 2. AS??? 10.240.9.204 0.0% 10 6.2 7.7 4.6 17.7 3.7 3. AS??? 172.31.0.155 0.0% 10 12.1 8.4 5.0 12.8 3.2 4. AS9498 173.168.18.125.dhcp.anaronline.net (125.18.168.173) 0.0% 10 5.1 6.5 5.0 8.0 1.2 5. AS??? 182.79.243.34 0.0% 10 266.6 262.7 259.1 276.3 5.3 6. AS1299 lax-b22-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.162.62) 0.0% 10 259.4 258.1 256.6 259.9 1.1 7. AS1299 lax-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.140.156) 10.0% 10 256.7 257.9 256.6 259.6 1.2 8. AS1299 dls-b7-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.140.247) 20.0% 10 323.4 324.2 322.6 326.2 1.2 9. AS1299 atl-b24-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.140.32) 0.0% 10 336.4 336.5 335.4 338.0 0.9 10. AS1299 atl-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.143.236) 0.0% 10 323.1 321.7 320.2 323.4 1.0 11. AS1299 ash-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.137.132) 40.0% 10 320.9 321.1 320.6 321.7 0.4 12. AS1299 prs-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.140.106) 0.0% 10 318.8 318.3 317.2 319.5 0.9 13. AS1299 laut-b2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.136.185) 0.0% 10 325.7 326.0 324.3 327.7 1.3 14. AS1299 contabohubeurope-ic-385701.ip.twelve99-cust.net (213.248.67.11) 0.0% 10 325.8 324.4 322.8 326.4 1.2 15. AS??? ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16. AS??? ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17. AS51167 eu01.anuragbhatia.com (213.199.54.67) 0.0% 10 323.1 323.5 322.4 324.9 0.9 Reading this trace: This is Ambala " Airtel MPLS " Los Angeles Arelion AS1299 handover > Arelion Dallas > Arelion Atlanta > Arelion Ashburn > Arelion Paris > Europe Contabo Europe -> Airtel Haryana (CGNAT IP terminating in Saha (Ambala) Haryana): Start: 2026-01-29T03:53:51+0530 HOST: eu01.anuragbhatia.com Loss% Sn