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<\/p>\nTata Group-owned Air India on Tuesday said it will buy a total of 470 wide-body and narrow-body planes from Airbus and Boeing as the airline expands its operations.<\/p>\n
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“The order comprises 40 Airbus A350s, 20 Boeing 787s and 10 Boeing 777-9s wide-body aircraft, as well as 210 Airbus A320\/321 Neos and 190 Boeing 737 MAX single-aisle aircraft.<\/p>\n
“The A350 aircraft will be powered by Rolls-Royce engines, and the B777\/787s by engines from GE Aerospace.<\/p>\n
“All single-aisle aircraft will be powered by engines from CFM International,” the airline said in a statement.<\/p>\n
According to Air India, the first of the new aircraft will enter service in late 2023 and the bulk of the planes are to arrive from mid-2025 onwards.<\/p>\n
“In the interim, Air India has already started taking delivery of 11 leased B777 and 25 A320 aircraft to accelerate its fleet and network expansion,” it said.<\/p>\n
Tata Sons and Air India chairman N Chandrasekaran said the airline is on a large transformation journey across safety, customer service, technology, engineering, network and human resources.<\/p>\n
“This order is an important step in realising Air India’s ambition, articulated in its Vihaan.AI transformation programme, to offer a world-class proposition serving global travellers with an Indian heart.<\/p>\n
“These new aircraft will modernise the airline’s fleet and onboard product, and dramatically expand its global network,” he said.<\/p>\n
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