A-I flights to new destinations

Kolkata: Air-India will be introducing flights to new destinations and increase frequencies in some routes as its 68 new Boeing aircraft start coming in between 2007 and 2009. The new aircraft will also have specially designed seats for all classes in the aircraft. Italian interior major Avio Interiors has designed the seats, at an estimated cost of more than Rs 225 crore.
Boeing 777-200LRs, three of which are coming next year, will fly daily on non-stop flights from Mumbai to China, Delhi to New York, Mumbai to New York and Mumbai to Chicago. The Boeing 777-300ERs will be used to operate in long distance routes to the USA and Canada with stopovers at European destinations. “There will also be 14 new non-stop flights to London every week. There will be 27 flights per week of Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners serving the domestic sector and short and medium trips to Europe, East Asia, South East Asia, Australia, Africa, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf,” said Mr S Venkat, company secretary, Air India.
28/10/06 The Statesman

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