In a historic second for the Tata-owned airways, Air India obtained its first ever wide-body A350-900 plane in its fleet, making this the primary plane of its type to be in rotation in an Indian airline.

This is a serious step ahead within the fleet enlargement plan of Air India, which positioned the order for 20 such plane. The supply of the primary out of the 20 A350-900 plane occurred on Saturday when the flight touched down in New Delhi.

Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson mentioned this in his weekly message to the workers yesterday. “After many months of planning, the first aircraft, and the first to sport our new livery and interior, will arrive in Delhi tomorrow.”

The plane will first full all of the necessary regulatory assessments and checks in addition to together with customs clearance, numerous DGCA checks on gear, in addition to a sequence of floor assessments and proving flights earlier than it’s put into rotation.

India’s first wide-body A350-900 plane: 5 issues to know

The A350-900 plane will start its business journey in India from January 2024. The plane landed in Delhi after finishing its journey in France from the Airbus facility.

The A350-900 plane inducted into Air India has a three-class cabin configuration with a complete of 316 seats. The breakdown of the seats is as follows – 28 Business Class suites with full-flat beds, 24 Premium Economy seats that includes further legroom, and 264 Economy Class seats.

Air India is the one Indian airline to have wide-body plane in rotation. Further, the corporate is planning to induct 5 extra of those flights in its fleet by May 2024.

Airbus mentioned that the wide-body A350-900 plane burns 25 % much less gasoline than all of the older airplanes, making it one of the vital sought-after plane by business airways.

Air India has solidified its order for 250 Airbus plane and 220 new Boeing flights, collectively valued at USD 70 billion at listing costs.

(With inputs from PTI)