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On 7 May 1990, Air India Flight 132 Emperor Vikramaditya, a Boeing 747-200B (registered VT-EBO) flying on the London-Delhi-Bombay route carrying 215 people (195 passengers and 20 crew) caught fire on touch down at Delhi airport due to a failure of an engine pylon-to-wing attachment. There were no fatalities but the aircraft was damaged beyond ...
The Tata Group reacquired Air India in 2021 and invested billions to overhaul its fleet. The airline's new Airbus A350-900 sports a new suite-style business class with sliding doors.
As of January 2025, Air India operates a fleet of both narrow-body and wide-body aircraft with a fleet consisting of Airbus A319, A320, A320neo, A321, A321neo, A350 as well as the Boeing 777 and Boeing 787, making for a total of 202 aircraft.
14 A350-1000 orders were converted into A350-900, deliveries and introduction to service began in 2024. Air Mauritius Mauritius: 4 4 3 more to be delivered between 2025 and 2026. Asiana Airlines South Korea: 15 15 Azul Brazilian Airlines Brazil: 2 Replaced by the Airbus A330neo. [2] [3] British Airways United Kingdom: 18 18 Cathay Pacific Hong ...
In February 2023, Air India announced the purchase of 470 aircraft, including 250 from Airbus, marking the largest commercial aviation deal then. The order included 140 A320neo, 70 A321neo single ...
Cathay Pacific said it found 15 aircraft that needed repair after the in-flight failure of an engine part prompted it to inspect its entire Airbus A350 fleet.
These were converted to three A350-900s and 17 A350-1000s on 3 December 2012. [42] Qatar Airways was the launch customer of the A350-900 and A350-1000. It operated its first A350 commercial service on 15 January 2015. 3 October 2013: Scandinavian Airlines: 2019 8 8 6 6 Deliveries to take place from 2019 to 2021. [43] 28 June 2016: Sichuan ...
The A350-1000 flight test programme planned for 1,600 flight hours; 600 hours on the first aircraft, MSN59, for the flight envelope, systems and powerplant checks; 500 hours on MSN71 for cold and warm campaigns, landing gear checks and high-altitude tests; and 500 hours on MSN65 for route proving and ETOPS assessment, with an interior layout ...