Air India Airbus A330-223 VT-IWB (msn 362) LHR (Antony J. Best), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air India (Mumbai) is planning to lease 10 Airbus A320s and 10 Airbus A330s as well as 20 Bombardier CRJ700 regional jets.
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Air India Express Boeing 737-8HG WL VT-AXW (msn 36334) (Charminair) FRA (Bernhard Ross), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air India (Mumbai) is considering a new name for its low-fare Air India Express subsidiary. The base will also be moved from Mumbai to Thiruvananthapuram according to the WSJ. Read the full report:
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Air India Boeing 747-4H6 VT-AIS (msn 25703) FRA (Bernhard Ross), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air India (Mumbai) today is dealing with an unexpected strike by its employees (ground crews and engineers), in the aftermath of the Air India Express crash.
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Copyright Photo: Bernhard Ross. Boeing 747-4H6 VT-AIS (msn 25703) taxies from the gate at Frankfurt.
Air India 777-337 ER VT-ALK (msn 36309) CDG (Yannick Delamarre), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air India (Mumbai) is planning to join the Star Alliance no later than March 2011.
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Copyright Photo: Yannick Delamarre. Boeing 777-337 ER VT-ALK (msn 36309) soars into the bright sky at Paris (CDG).
Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. Oops! Will the real N747EX taxi out? Both of the new 747-8Fs at Everett have been incorrectly painted as N747EX. The real 747-8R7 N747EX (msn 35808) is the one on the left.
Boeing (Chicago, Seattle, Wichita and Charleston) is planning to invest $100 million in order to build a new MRO maintenance facility in Nagpur, India. The new facility will maintain the Boeing 787 Dreamliners of Air India, now scheduled to be first delivered in the second quarter of 2011.
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Air India (Mumbai) has shelved plans to launch a separate no-frills brand. Instead it will concentrate on expanding operations of its Air India Express subsidiary.
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Air India Boeing 777-237 LR VT-ALF (msn 36305) IAD, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air India (Mumbai) will trim its fleet from the current 146 to 105 aircraft by March 2011 according to the WSJ. This will include returning Boeing 777s and Airbus A319s and A320s coming off lease.
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online.wsj.com/article/SB126103274238995151.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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Air India Boeing 747-437 VT-ESN (msn 27164) LHR, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Air India (Mumbai) is expected to make some radical changes including cutting possibly 650 flights a week including the New York route.
New link:
economictimes.indiatimes.com/Air-India-may-ground-650-flights-per-week/articleshow/5204785.cms
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Air India (Mumbai) is offering three Boeing 777-200LR (Longer Range) and four Airbus A310F freighters for lease.
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www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/10/06/333116/air-india-offers-seven-aircraft-for-dry-lease.html
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Air India (Mumbai) yesterday (October 3) had an in-flight fight involving four crew members on flight IC 884 between Sharjah and Delhi via Lucknow. The cockpit crew of the Airbus A320 also became involved!
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In other news, Air India will retire its last Boeing 747 (747-400) from scheduled revenue operations later this month after 38+ years. AI has operated the -200, -300 and -400 versions of the Jumbo. The original 747-237B (VT-EBD, msn 19959) was accepted on March 22, 1971.
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