Air India Introduces A350-900 On Delhi-New York Route Amid Ongoing Flight Cancellations

Personal service Air India on Friday commenced Airbus A350 providers on ultra-long-haul routes with the deployment of the plane on the Delhi-New York route.

This comes at a time when the Tata-Group run service has quickly cancelled some 60 flights to numerous US locations between November 15 and December 31 on account of the non-availability of a few of its widebody planes as a result of upkeep and provide chain points.

Following the introduction of the A350-900 plane on the Delhi-New York flight, Air India mentioned it would begin a 5 instances a-week A350 service from Delhi to Newark’s Liberty Worldwide Airport from January 2 subsequent yr.

Air India at the moment has six Airbus A350-900 plane in its fleet.

Usually, ultra-long-haul flights are these having a period of 16 hours or extra. Air India operates such flights to North America.

The loss-making Air India had inducted the primary A350-900 within the fleet in December final yr. Following this, the airline initially deployed the aircraft on home routes and in a while for working medium-haul lengthy worldwide flights together with to London from Delhi.

“Visitor suggestions on the plane and new buyer expertise has been exceptionally constructive because it was launched on the Delhi-London Heathrow route in September, so we’re excited to now deliver it to New York,” mentioned Campbell Wilson, Managing Director and Chief Government Officer, Air India.

Air India can also be trying ahead to commencing the complete inside refit of present plane in 2025 he added.