Air India Deploys New Boeing 777 Aircraft on All US Destinations from Mumbai Airport – News18

Air India has deployed its newly inducted Boeing 777 aircraft to all three US destinations it serves non-stop from Mumbai i.e. New York JFK Airport, Newark Liberty Airport (New Jersey), and San Francisco.

In addition, one of the two daily Air India flights between Mumbai and London Heathrow (AI130/AI131) will now also operate on the new Boeing 777 aircraft offering modern generation interiors, as well as introducing First Class cabins.

B777-200LR aircraft serving San Francisco and New York-JFK comes with 28 Business, 48 Premium Economy and 212 Economy Class seats, whilst the B777-300ER serving Newark-Liberty and London offers 8 First Class, 40 Business and 280 Economy Class seats.

Bookings for the flights on the all-new product are available on all channels, including Air India’s website: (www.airindia.com), mobile apps, and through travel agents (including online travel agents).

Notably, the Indian airline added seven Boeing 777s to its fleet and 4 other aircraft are expected to join in months to come. All of these aircraft will feature much-improved interiors.

This is being seen as part of an ongoing transformation at Air India. The airline on Friday announced several key-level appointments, including its new Chief Operations Officer.

Air India appointed Klaus Goersch as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer.

In the newly-created position at the airline, Goersch will oversee flight operations, engineering, ground operations, Integrated Operations Control and cabin crew functions.

Air India said incumbent chief of operations R S Sandhu will transition to an advisory role.

In a release, Air India said Sandhu’s role includes focusing on the harmonisation of the four Tata Airlines’ operating procedures, the Airbus A350 entry-into-service programme and assisting the team in establishing the carrier’s new training academy.