Tag Archives for Air India.
Indian aviation market is growing at a rapid pace at the backdrop of capacity induction by airlines in India. Airlines in India took deliveries at the rate of more than 1 aircraft every 3 days in 2018.
Air India has introduced Bid for Upgrades. You can now bid to upgrade to Business Class or First class on your next Air India flight.
Air India had nearly 15% of their narrowbody fleet grounded in September’18 due to lack of spare. While all A319s are back in the fleet, last 6 Air India A321 will rejoin the roster by December’18.
Captain Arvind Kathpalia failed the pre-flight Breathalyzer test when he reported for operating AI111 to London on November 11. This is the second time in 2 years, he is involved in an incident relating to Breathalyzer.
Here is my list of the 5 best co-branded airline credit cards for 2018. All these cards made it for different reasons to my list.
Air India’s ground staff at Mumbai Airport are striking since last night, which is causing the delay of a couple of hours for those who are flying Air India. You are advised to check before you leave home.
Air India is going ahead with launching planned Mumbai – New York JFK nonstop flights. With this Air India will offer 36 weekly flights to the USA from India. Here is the lowdown on the new flights coming up.
Air India will shut down their fifth freedom flight between London and Newark and launch Bengaluru to London within November 2018. That should give them a shot in the arm with cutting losses on the tag flight to Newark, which wasn’t making money for them.
Now you can finally pool Air India Flying Returns Points when your family members fly Air India next. Add up to 9 family members who’ll help you reach your travel goals!
Air India currently has a fleet of 124 aircraft excluding subsidiaries. The fleet comprises of 22 Airbus A319, 34 Airbus A320/A320neo, 20 Airbus A321, 4 Boeing B747, 18 Boeing B777 and 27 Boeing B787-8. Their Boeing B777s and B787s are heavily underutilised so is their narrowbody fleet. Air India only requires 11/16 Boeing B777 aircraft and 22/27 Boeing B787 aircraft they have in their fleet. Rest of the fleet is sitting on the ground either for maintenance or want of routes to ply on.
50 years since the first Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line for PanAm. Now, Air India is planning to deploy their 747s on the Delhi – Kolkata and Delhi – Mumbai routes during Durga Puja and Diwali and promises a new experience to everyone.
