Initially, whereas the plane is deployed on home routes for crew familiarization and regulatory compliance functions, passengers from Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai can have the chance to expertise the unparalleled consolation and state-of-the-art expertise of the A350 – a part of the 470 new plane order that Air India positioned lower than a 12 months in the past.

The plane can be later deployed for long-haul flights to locations throughout continents, strengthening Air India’s rising fleet of wide-body fleet, comprising its personal and not too long ago leased plane.

The plane was on static show on the latest Wings India Global Aviation Summit in Hyderabad, the place the general public received a primary glimpse of the IFE and distinct inflight facilities that can kind a part of the expertise as soon as the plane begins its worldwide operations.

On December 23, the primary of Air India’s personal 20 Airbus A350-900 plane, registered VT-JRA, was welcomed at IGI Airport, Delhi, flying in from the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France.

The touchdown of the A350 had marked the primary of Air India’s record-setting 470 plane order – with scheduled arrival of 1 new plane each six days all through 2024.