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Air India increases Delhi to Vancouver flights to daily from August 31, restores 777-300ER aircraft

Air India has announced the increase in frequencies between Delhi and Vancouver, Canada, from 3x weekly to daily service with effect from August 31.

This enhancement in frequency caters to growing traffic between India and Canada, and has been enabled by the return to service of the widebody Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft with three class configuration of first, business and economy.

Manufacturer Boeing has been working closely with Air India following its acquisition by Tata Group to restore aircraft that had been grounded for prolonged periods due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other reasons. The progressive restoration of these aircraft has already allowed Air India to increase schedule resilience and will allow further frequency and network increases over the coming months.

Air India’s widebody fleet currently stands at 43 aircraft, of which 33 are operational. This is a significant improvement from 28 aircraft that the airline was operating until recently. The remaining aircraft will be progressively returned to service by early 2023.

DELHI – VANCOUVER SCHEDULE FROM AUGUST 31, 2022

Route	Flight No.	Days of operation Daily	Departure	Arrival
Delhi-Vancouver	AI 185	Daily	05:15hrs	07:15hrs
Vancouver-Delhi	AI 186	Daily	10:15hrs	13:15hrs+1

Top Copyright Photo: Air India Boeing 777-337 ER VT-ALN (msn 36312) JFK (Fred Freketic). Image: 955332.

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Will Air India be sold to the original owners, Tata Brothers?

The winning party for Air India remains murky at best.

Bloomberg earlier reported a panel of Indian Government ministers had selected the bid of the Tata Brothers for control of the Air India assets. Tata was the original owner of Air India when it started operations as Tata Airlines.

However Reuters issued this report:

“India’s finance ministry said on Friday reports suggesting the government has picked a winning bid for the debt-laden state-run airline Air India were incorrect.

Earlier on Friday, Bloomberg reported that a panel of ministers accepted a proposal from officials recommending salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Sons ahead of an offer from Ajay Singh, promoter of India’s airline operator Spicejet Ltd.

“Media reports indicating approval of financial bids by Government of India in the AI disinvestment case are incorrect,” the ministry said in a tweet. “Media will be informed of the Government decision as and when it is taken.”