A custom-made B777 aircraft, which will be used to fly the president, vice president and prime minister, has arrived in Delhi from the US on Thursday, said government officials.
At the gate, all passengers were required to go through yet another security screening. There was a decent amount of seating at the gate, but not enough for all of the passengers on the Boeing 777-300ER, which seats 342 people in Air India’s configuration. There was one charging station, and people were huddled around it.
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Valuable dimes. The plane was scheduled to be delivered by aircraft manufacturer Boeing to Air India in July but its delivery was delayed twice – once in July for a few weeks due to COVID-19pandemic and then in August for a few weeks due to technical reasons – the officials noted.
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Air India One, which is the call sign of the aircraft, landed at the Delhi airport from Texas at around 3 pm on Thursday, they stated.
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Senior officials of the national carrier had reached the US during the first half of August to receive the plane from Boeing, the officials said.
Two custom-made B777 aircraft, which will be used to fly Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top Indian dignitaries, are likely to be delivered by Boeing to Air India by September, senior. The Air India Boeing 777-200LR features 234 seats in a 3 cabin configuration. Economy has 195 seats in a 3-3-3 config; Business class has 35 seats in a 2-3-2 config; First class has 8 seats in a 1-2-1 config; this is pretty standard for these aircraft.
Another custom-made B777 plane for the travel of VVIPs is likely to be received from Boeing during a later date, they noted.
These two aircraft were part of Air India’s commercial fleet for a few months in 2018 before they were sent back to Boeing for retrofitting them for VVIP travel.
Officials said the total cost of purchase and retrofitting the two planes has been estimated to be around Rs 8,400 crore.
The B777 planes will have state-of-the-art missile defence systems called Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) and Self-Protection Suites (SPS). Euromillions be.
In February, the US agreed to sell the two defence systems to India at a cost of USD 190 million.
Valuable dimes. The plane was scheduled to be delivered by aircraft manufacturer Boeing to Air India in July but its delivery was delayed twice – once in July for a few weeks due to COVID-19pandemic and then in August for a few weeks due to technical reasons – the officials noted.
B777 Air India Cost
Air India One, which is the call sign of the aircraft, landed at the Delhi airport from Texas at around 3 pm on Thursday, they stated.
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Senior officials of the national carrier had reached the US during the first half of August to receive the plane from Boeing, the officials said.
Two custom-made B777 aircraft, which will be used to fly Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top Indian dignitaries, are likely to be delivered by Boeing to Air India by September, senior. The Air India Boeing 777-200LR features 234 seats in a 3 cabin configuration. Economy has 195 seats in a 3-3-3 config; Business class has 35 seats in a 2-3-2 config; First class has 8 seats in a 1-2-1 config; this is pretty standard for these aircraft.
During the travel of the VVIPs, the two B777 aircraft will be operated by pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and not of Air India. (ANI)Another custom-made B777 plane for the travel of VVIPs is likely to be received from Boeing during a later date, they noted.
These two aircraft were part of Air India’s commercial fleet for a few months in 2018 before they were sent back to Boeing for retrofitting them for VVIP travel.
Officials said the total cost of purchase and retrofitting the two planes has been estimated to be around Rs 8,400 crore.
The B777 planes will have state-of-the-art missile defence systems called Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) and Self-Protection Suites (SPS). Euromillions be.
In February, the US agreed to sell the two defence systems to India at a cost of USD 190 million.
During the travel of the VVIPs, the two B777 aircraft will be operated by pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and not of Air India, an official said.
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Currently, the president, vice president and prime minister, fly on Air India’s B747 planes, which have the call sign Air India One.
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Air India pilots fly these B747 aircraft for the dignitaries and the Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL) maintains them.
When these B747 aircraft are not flying the dignitaries, they are used by the Indian national carrier for commercial operations.
The custom-made B777 planes will be used for travel of the dignitaries only.
The Centre has already initiated the process of divestment of its stake in Air India, which has a debt of over Rs 60,000 crore. However, the process has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
My wife and I travelled in Air India's non-stop flight from Mumbai to Newark. Firstly, the Lounge in Mumbai provided excellent dinner. It also had good resting sofas. Getting into the plane was a breeze and although the departure was delayed by more than an hour, we were comfortably seated. The seat recline did not work as well as I had expected, but was OK. We fell asleep immediately, as it was very late at night. It was a slightly bumpy ride due to air turbulence in various places. The breakfast was good and so was lunch. Toilet was OK, but towards the end of the journey water ran out. The crew did not make any extra effort to be pleasant and one felt that they were just performing their duty. Could be better! the entertainment system was complicated and very average. Couldn't easily get the map of our flight. On the whole, I will give a 4/5 for this trip.