Air India returns last of 30 grounded jets to service
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With the return of the Boeing 777‐300ER VT‐ALL, which has been grounded for a long time, Air India has just completed the rehabilitation of 30 aircraft inherited at the time of its privatization, some of which had been out of service for years.This heavy maintenance and reconstruction operation, carried out in particular in the MRO centre of Nagpur, is at the heart of the Vihaan recovery plan.AI and prefigures a new stage: the retrofit cabin of …
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Air India has successfully restored a long-grounded Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, marking a major milestone in its fleet revival journey. The aircraft, registered as VT-ALL, has returned to commercial service in March 2026 after being out of operation since February 2020. The restoration of this aircraft completes the revival of 30 planes that were grounded for several years. These included both widebody and narrowbody aircraft that were inactive w…
Air India’s Boeing 777-300ER takes to the skies after six years
Air India Engineering Services Limited has brought back to life a six-year-long grounded Boeing 777 for Air India. That is a story in itself. The post Air India’s Boeing 777-300ER takes to the skies after six years appeared first on Live From A Lounge.
Air India’s Boeing 777-300ERs will undergo a retrofit starting from 2027
When Air India returned to the Tata Group in 2022, one of the airline’s biggest priorities was rebuilding its fleet. Among the inherited legacy fleet of 113 aircraft were 30 widebody and narrowbody aircraft that had remained long‑grounded and untouched for years. Post-privatisation, Air India committed significant resources to revive each of them. Follow Aeronews on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Bluesky and TikTok With the return of VT-ALL to ser…
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