Air India concludes section 1 of retrofit of previous planes

Air India on Thursday concluded the revamp of fifty% of the narrowbody plane it inherited after privatisation with 27 A320neo plane now that includes upgraded interiors, together with new seats, in-flight leisure programs, carpets, and charging ports.

The airline has 27 A320 neos and 23 A320 ceos since earlier than privatisation in its narrowbody fleet used primarily for home flying, and shorter worldwide routes. The remaining 23 are anticipated to enter retrofit subsequent yr.

However, publish 2022 Air India has additionally added 14 new A320 neos, in addition to 63 A320s and A321s by advantage of its merger with Vistara final November. 

The 27 revamped narrowbodies will likely be utilised for as many as 3,024 weekly flights on 82 home and short-haul-international routes, the airline mentioned in a press assertion. 

The narrowbody revamp was a part of section 1 of the airline’s US$ 400 million fleet retrofit programme for older plane. The second section of revamp took off in July 2025 for 27 Boeing 787 plane and can conclude by mid 2027.

Starting in early 2027, Air India will moreover retrofit 13 of its legacy Boeing 777-300ER plane, that are primarily used for US flights. This is aimed for completion by October 2028, with the timeline having shifted as a consequence of provide chain delays.  

 These plane are used for flights to Europe, Far East and Australia. The airline has whole 187 plane in its fleet, which embrace 60 widebodies.

Since its privatisation, the brand new widebodies added to Air India, which is the full-service arm throughout the Group that additionally contains funds provider Air India Express, embrace six new A350s and one other 14 Boeing 777s leased from numerous airways. 

It can even be including a widebody each six weeks subsequent yr, together with 2 A350s. However, it can even be returning 5 of those 777s to Delta Airlines.