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Air India Targets Long Haul Markets, Aims to Challenge Emirates

Orders for 470 Boeing and Airbus aircraft form the basis for a long-haul reprieve by Air India.

An Air India Boeing 787-8 takes off from Tokyo Narita Airport in March 2019 — An Air India Boeing 787-8 takes off from Tokyo Narita Airport in March 2019. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by HawkeyeUK)

By Neelam Mathews

February 28, 2023

Air India in its newly-privatized avatar will turn its attention to non-stop, long-haul operations as it takes delivery this year of the first batch of widebodies included in a recent pair of mega-orders for Boeing and Airbus aircraft, CEO and managing director of Air India Group Campbell Wilson told AIN during an online press conference on Tuesday.

Western sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine will result in Air India taking delivery this year of six Airbus A350-900s originally meant for Aeroflot out of 40 ordered by the Indian flag carrier. As of January 2023, Singapore Airlines (SIA)—due soon to become an Air India stakeholder—ranks as the largest operator of the Airbus widebodies with 61 A350-900s.

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