Route notes
Why this routing works
This five-week economy itinerary runs Hamburg-Abu Dhabi-Bangalore-New Delhi-Muscat-New Delhi-Muscat-Hamburg. It opens with a Gulf stop before continuing into India, then uses two separate Muscat stays around the second New Delhi segment instead of making India one continuous block.
The pacing is built around mostly medium-haul sectors after the first long leg out of Hamburg. Stays of 5 nights in Abu Dhabi, 9 in Bangalore, 5 in New Delhi, 3 in Muscat, 6 in New Delhi, and 5 in Muscat spread the flying across the trip rather than stacking short stopovers.
Ticketing-wise, the routing includes repeated cities in both New Delhi and Muscat, which can be useful when the trip needs separate time in the same place at different points of the journey. The return to Hamburg comes after the second Muscat stay, keeping the final long-haul sector to the end rather than backtracking through India again.