Air India, & its Love for Flight Number Series.. 🫣🇮🇳
🔹 AI11xx // Easy Connect Flights
🔹 AI1xxx // Flights to/from Delhi's T2
🔹 AI2xxx // Operated by ex-Vistara Aircraft*
🔹 AI3xxx // Charters & Temporary Domestic Flights
🔹 AI4xxx // Temporary International Flights
On This Day, 78 Years Ago, Air India Went International! 🇮🇳
On 8th June, 1948, Air India Inaugurated its First International Service from Mumbai to London via Cairo & Geneva.
The Inaugural was Operated by VT-CQP, an L-749A, Touching Down in London on the 10th.
📸@TataCompanies
Amidst All the Attention that’s been Given to the Lufthansa 787-9 whose Gear Collapsed in Frankfurt, Here’s a Throwback to 2008! 🇮🇳
In a Similar Fashion, the Nose Gear of VT-AIK, a 777-200ER of Air India, Collapsed in Mumbai! Thankfully, No One was Injured.
📸 @VishalJolapara
Ladies and Gentlemen, History has been Made! 🤣
IndiGo has Moved its Diverted A321neo, VT-ICK, from Mumbai to Navi Mumbai. Flight Time? 22 Minutes.
Views of Mumbai must’ve been stunning!
On This Day, 19 Years Ago, Air India Unveiled its then-New Livery, Post Merger with Indian 🇮🇳
Air India Dropped the Iconic Centaur Logo, Instead Using the Konark Chakra on its Tail!
Not sure if it’s just Nostalgia, but this livery wasn’t as bad as people claimed it to be 😬
On This Day, 66 Years Ago, Air India Launched Flights to the USA! 🇮🇳🇺🇸
Air India Extended Its Mumbai - London Service to New York, Served by a Boeing 707-400. Inaugural was by VT-DJJ.
The Routing Eventually Became Kolkata - Mumbai - Cairo - Rome - Frankfurt - London - New York.
On This Day, 26 Years Ago, Air India's VT-EBO, a 747-200, Operating London Heathrow to Delhi was Lost in a Fire Incident, Just After Landing.
The Pylons on Emperor Vikramaditya's Engine No. 1 Failed, Causing the Engine to Detach, Rupturing the Fuel Line, and Igniting the Fuel.
As Air India Prepares to Induct Its 2nd & 3rd 787-9, Today's #BlastFromThePast is this Picture of 5 787-8 Bound for Air India, Parked in Charleston, Back in 2012! 🇮🇳
With 19 787-9s on Order, We May See a Similar Shot with the New Air India Livery!
📸 (https://t.co/3KOiQjdBHW)
Till an Hour Ago, Indian Media were Reporting that Air India Express' IX1057 Service from Delhi to Bhubaneswar Diverted to Jaipur due to a Fuel Shortage.
IX has Since Clarified that this was due to Deteriorating Weather Conditions at BBI.
What's Up Media Houses' Credibility?🤐
Today's #BlastFromThePast is This Picture of Air India's 747-200, VT-EGC, Being Escorted by 2 F16s of the Dutch Air Force, Back in 1988! 🇮🇳🇳🇱
Although Unconfirmed, this Escort was Given as 'Air India One' was Carrying R. Venkatraman for a State Visit to Netherlands in SEP '88
AIESL Nagpur MRO Facility Eyes International Expansion and EASA Approval✈️
AI Engineering Services Limited (@AIESL_MRO), the state-owned Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) provider, is actively expanding its Nagpur (NAG) facility to attract more international airline clients.
The company has also initiated the process to obtain European Aviation Safety Agency (@EASA) certification for Airbus base maintenance at the facility.
Read in detail👇🔗
https://t.co/pG85fUYZv1
#AviationNews #AIESL #EASA
Realistically Speaking, The Expectation to See Retro Liveries from Air India in the Near Future Feels like a Far Fledged Dream.
But Man, Just Imagine if they Paint Some of their Aircraft in a Hybrid Air India - Indian Livery 😍🤌
It Looks Like Air India is Bidding Goodbye to the Iconic Red Registrations Painted On the Starboard Wing! 🇮🇳
The Bespoke 787-9s & Retrofitted 787-8s will Feature Black Registrations. The Characteristic Red Registrations were Found on Air India's Widebodies.
📸 Siddarth Bhandary
> Be Air India
> Place Record Breaking Orders
> Deliveries & Retrofit Delayed due to Supply Chain Issues
> Pakistani Airspace Bandh Ho Gya
> Lucrative Middle Eastern Market Restricted due to War
> Annual Losses Hit $2.4 billion
It Ain't Easy!😬
Remember Air India's VT-EVA? Well, as per @qfsaviation, She will be Preserved in Museum Like Condition, and Eventually Displayed in New Mexico! 😍
📸 @KadamAnshul