Air India will refit its 13 old A321 ceo aircraft instead of retiring them. Along with this, retrofit (new seats, interior, technology update) of 27 old Boeing 787-8 aircraft will also be started from July. Air India CEO Campbell Wilson told the annual meeting of IATA (International Air Transport Association) on Sunday that by the end of this financial year, the company will upgrade 68% of its wide body fleet. The company aims to complete the upgrade of the entire fleet by 2027. Currently, Air India has a total of 191 aircraft, including 64 widebody and 127 narrowbody planes. Air India is in talks to purchase 200 new aircraft According to a Reuters report, Air India is in talks to buy about 200 new single-aisle (narrow body) aircraft from Airbus and Boeing. Air India has already ordered 470 aircraft in 2023. Apart from this, 100 Airbus aircrafts were ordered last year. However, most of these were single-aisle aircrafts. The new deal will be for wide body aircrafts. The airline has already ordered 470 aircrafts for ?6 lakh crores. Air India had ordered 470 aircrafts from Airbus and Boeing two years ago. According to Air India CEO Campbell Wilson, the value of this deal is $70 billion (about ?6 lakh crores). Under the deal, Air India will get 250 aircrafts from Airbus and 220 aircrafts from Boeing. Under the deal with Airbus, 40 wide body A350 aircrafts, 210 narrowbody single-aisle A320 Neos aircrafts were to be received. Whereas, the deal with Boeing is worth $34 billion (about ?2.9 lakh crores). Under this, Air India is going to get 190 B737 Max aircrafts, 20 B787 aircrafts and 10 B777x aircrafts. Air India became private from 27 January 2022 Government company Air India became private from 27 January 2022. Tata had taken over it for Rs 18,000 crore. Air India has 59 non-stop flights on international routes.
