Fleet
- Fleet info
The Boeing customer code for Air India is 37, meaning a model name of, for example, a 747–437 (an Air India 747-400). As of May 2010, the average age of the Air India fleet is 9.5 years.
- New aircraft orders
- On 11 January 2006, Air India announced an order for 68 jets – 8 Boeing 777-200LR Worldliners, 15 Boeing 777-300ER,18 Boeing 737–800 and 27 Boeing 787–8 Dreamliners.But Air India has cancelled the order for 3 Boeing 777-300ER bringing the total order down to 20.
- The airline received its first Boeing 777-200LR aircraft on 26 July 2007 and Boeing 777-300ER on 10 October 2007.
- Air India received its first Boeing 787 dreamliner aircraft on 6 September 2012 and entered service on 19 September 2012. All remaining aircraft are expected to be delivered by 2016.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner successfully completes its first test flight.
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“They ... fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.”
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their spars like burned matchsticks.”
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