Air India fleet

2021-06-29T15:58:39Z

217.129.60.35: /* Current Fleet */

'''[[Air India]]''' operates a fleet of both narrow body and widebody aircraft Airbus A320ceo family, Airbus A320neo, and widebody fleet is Boeing 747, Boeing 777 series and Boeing 787 making a total of 125 aircraft.<ref name=auto>{{cite web|title=Fleet Details|url=http://www.airindia.in/fleet-details.htm|publisher=Air India|access-date=27 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Current Fleet==

{{Multiple image|direction=vertical|image1=|caption1=Air India [[Airbus A320neo]]|image2=Boeing 777-237(LR) Air India VT-ALD, LHR London, England (Heathrow Airport), United Kingdom PP1369760077.jpg|caption2=Air India [[Boeing 777-200LR]]|image3=Air India 777-300ER VT-ALL.jpg|caption3=Air India [[Boeing 777-300ER]]}}

{{As of|2021|5}}, the mainline [[Air India]] (excluding fleet of subsidiaries – [[Air India Express]] and [[Alliance Air (India)|Alliance Air]]) fleet consists of the following aircraft:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/fleet.htm|title=Fleet|publisher=Air India}}</ref><ref name= auto/><ref name=BusinessStandard>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/air-india-to-get-23rd-dreamliner-in-jan-last-4-planes-by-mar-116120400502_1.html|title=Air India to get 23rd Dreamliner in January, last 4 planes by March 2017|agency=Press Trust of India|website=Business Standard|publisher=Business Standard Private Ltd.|date=4 December 2016|accessdate=7 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

<center>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Air India Fleet
|- bgcolor=#E32636;
!rowspan=2 style="background:#c00; color:white; width:125px" | Aircraft
!rowspan=2 style="background:#c00; color:white;" | In Service
!rowspan=2 style="background:#c00; color:white;" | Orders
!colspan=5 style="background:#c00; color:white;" | Passengers
!rowspan=2 style="background:#c00; color:white;" | Notes
|-
!style="background:#c00; color:white; width:25px;" | <abbr title="First Class">F</abbr>
!style="background:#c00; color:white; width:25px;" | <abbr title="Business Class">J</abbr>
!style="background:#c00; color:white; width:25px;" | <abbr title="Economy Class">Y</abbr>
!style="background:#c00; color:white; width:25px;" | Total
!style="background:#c00; color:white; width:25px;" | Refs
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Airbus A319-100]]
|rowspan="2"|19
|rowspan="2"|—
|—
|8
|114
|122
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/airbus-319-mixed-configuration.htm|title=Airbus 319 (Mixed Configuration)|work=Air India}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|
|-
|—
|—
|144
|144
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/airbus-319.htm|title=Airbus 319 (Single Configuration)|work=Air India}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Airbus A320-200]]
|rowspan="2"|5
|rowspan="2"|—
|—
|—
|168
|168
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/airbus-320.htm|title=A320-214 CEO|work=Air India}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|To be retired.<br/>Six to be converted into [[Airborne early warning and control|AEW&C]] for the Indian Air Force.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/98563-govt-to-convert-six-air-india-jets-for-aewc-missions|title=Gov't to convert six Air India jets for AEW&C missions|website=Ch-Aviation|date=19 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|—
|12
|138
|150
|-
|[[Airbus A320neo]]
|27
|—
|—
|12
|150
|162
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/a-320-251-neo.htm|title=Air India Airbus A320neo fleets|work=Air India|date=30 August 2019}}</ref>
|Replacing A320-200.<br>VT-EXO painted in [[Star Alliance]] livery<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/air-india-to-opt-for-business-economy-class-seats-in-a320-neos/articleshow/51290629.cms|title=Air India to opt for business economy class seats in A320 neos|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|date=7 March 2016|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
|[[Airbus A321-200]]
|20
|—
|—
|12
|170
|182
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/airbus-321.htm|title=Air India Airbus A321|work=Air India|date=30 August 2019}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747-400]]
|4
|—
|colspan="4"|<abbr title="To Be Announced">TBA</abbr>
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/airindiain/status/1369254933179101185|title=Air India Boeing 747-400|work=Air India|via=twitter|date=March 9, 2021}}</ref>
|To be replaced by Boeing 777-300ER.
|-
|{{nowrap|[[Boeing 777-200LR]]}}
|3
|—
|8
|35
|195
|238
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/b777-200lr.htm|title=Air India Boeing 777-200LR|work=Air India|date=30 August 2019}}</ref>
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{nowrap|[[Boeing 777-300ER]]}}
|13
|rowspan="2"|—
|rowspan="2"|4
|rowspan="2"|35
|rowspan="2"|303
|rowspan="2"|342
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/b777-300er.htm|title=Air India Boeing 777-300ER|work=Air India|date=30 August 2019}}</ref>
|VT-ALJ painted in [[Star Alliance]] livery<br />VT-ALN Painted in Celebrating India Livery.
|-
|2
|Current [[Air India One]] fleet.
|-
|-
|[[Boeing 787-8]]
|27
|—
|—
|18
|238
|256
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/b787-dreamliner.htm|title=Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner|work=Air India|date=30 August 2019}}</ref>
|VT-ANU painted in [[Star Alliance]] livery
|-
!Total
!120
!—
!colspan=5|
!
|}
</center>

==Fleet History==
===Formerly operated===
{{Multiple image
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| direction = vertical
| width =
| image1 = Airbus A310-304, Air-India AN0733908.jpg
| caption1 = Air India [[Airbus A310-300]] in 2004
| image2 = Boeing_707_Air_India_Basle_-_1976.jpg
| caption2 = Boeing 707 in 1976
| image3 = Boeing 747-437, Air India AN1722944.jpg
| caption3 = Air India [[Boeing 747-400]]
| image4 = Air India L-1049G Super Constellation at Prague Airport.jpg
| caption4 = Air India [[Lockheed Super Constellation]] in 1961 at Prague Ruzyně Airport
| image5 = Air India DC 3 at Heathrow.jpg
| caption5 = Air India [[Douglas DC-3]] at [[Heathrow Airport]] in 1958
}}

<center>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Past aircraft operated by Air India<ref name="Airwhiners.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.airwhiners.net/whine_cheez/20040726.htm|title=Air India : The story of the aircraft|publisher=Airwhiners.net|access-date=26 July 2004|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040811212911/http://www.airwhiners.net/whine_cheez/20040726.htm|archivedate=11 August 2004}}{{Self-published source|date=December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Air-India|title=Air India Fleet Details and History}}</ref>
|-
!style="background:#E32636; color:white;"| Aircraft
!style="background:#E32636; color:white;"| Total
!style="background:#E32636; color:white;"| Introduced
!style="background:#E32636; color:white;"| Retired
!style="background:#E32636; color:white;"| Replacement
!style="background:#E32636; color:white;"| Notes
|-
|[[Airbus A300B4|Airbus A300B4-100]]
|1
|1994
|1994
|Airbus A321
|
|-
|[[Airbus A300B4|Airbus A300B4-200]]
|4
|1982
|2002
|Airbus A321
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Airbus A310-300]]
|24
|rowspan="2"|1986
|rowspan="2"|2012
|rowspan="2"|Boeing 787-8
|
|-
|4
|Converted into freighters and transferred to Air India Cargo
|-
|[[Airbus A330-200]]
|2
|2008
|2015
|Boeing 787-8
|Leased from [[Air Berlin]]
|-
|[[Boeing 707-320|Boeing 707-320B]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1962
|1989
|Boeing 747-200
|
|-
|[[Boeing 707-320|Boeing 707-320C]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1964
|1990
|Boeing 747-200
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Boeing 707-420]]
|{{Unknown}}
|rowspan="2"|1966
|1995
|Boeing 747-400
|
|-
|1
|1966
|None
|Crashed as [[Air India Flight 101|Flight AI101]]
|-
|[[Boeing 737-200]]
|{{Unknown}}
|2007
|2011
|Airbus A320
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747-100]]
|2
|1970
|1971
|Boeing 747-200B
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Boeing 747-200B]]
|10
|rowspan="3"|1971
|2003
|Boeing 747-400
|
|-
|1
|1978
|rowspan="2"|None
|Crashed as [[Air India Flight 855|Flight AI855]]
|-
|1
|1985
|Destroyed by bomb as [[Air India Flight 182|Flight AI182]]
|-
|[[Boeing 747-300]]
|1
|2005
|2007
|Boeing 777-300ER
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747-300|Boeing 747-300M]]
|2
|1988
|2008
|Boeing 777-300ER
|
|-
|[[Boeing 747-400]]
|3
|2003
|2006
|None
|Leased from [[Korean Air]]
|-
|[[Boeing 747-400#747-400M|Boeing 747-400M]]
|1
|2005
|2008
|Boeing 777-300ER
|Purchased from [[Air Canada]]
|-
|[[Boeing 757-200]]
|1
|2007
|2007
|Airbus A310-300
|Leased from [[Golden International Airlines]]
|-
|[[Boeing 767-300ER]]
|3
|2006
|2008
|Airbus A310-300
|Leased from [[Flyglobespan]]
|-
|[[Boeing 777-200]]
|1
|2006
|2010
|Boeing 777-300ER
|Leased from [[United Airlines]]
|-
|[[Boeing 777-200ER]]
|3
|2005
|2011
|Boeing 777-300ER
|Former [[United Airlines]] fleet
|-
|[[De Havilland Comet]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1950s
|1950s
|None
|
|-
|[[De Havilland Dragon Rapide]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1930s
|1940s
|None
|
|-
|[[De Havilland Fox Moth]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1930s
|1930s
|None
|
|-
|[[De Havilland Puss Moth]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1929
|1932
|None
|
|-
|[[Douglas DC-2]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1934
|1940
|Douglas DC-3
|
|-
|[[Douglas DC-3]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1936
|1970s
|Douglas DC-4
|
|-
|[[Douglas DC-4]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1948
|Unknown
|None
|
|-
|[[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-60F]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1977
|1988
|Boeing 747-200
|
|-
|[[Douglas DC-8|Douglas DC-8-70F]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1983
|1995
|Boeing 747-200
|
|-
|[[Ilyushin Il-62|Ilyushin Il-62M]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1989
|1990
|Airbus A310
|
|-
|[[Lockheed L-1011 TriStar]]
|5
|1995
|1996
|Boeing 747-400
|
|-
|[[Lockheed L-749 Constellation]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1951
|1972
|None
|
|-
|[[Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1956
|1970s
|None
|
|-
|[[Percival Petrel]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1930s
|1930s
|None
|
|-
|[[Vickers VC.1 Viking]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1947
|1960s
|none
|
|-
|[[Waco YQC-6]]
|{{Unknown}}
|1939
|Unknown
|None
|
|}
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==References==
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[[Category:Air India|fleet]]
[[Category:Lists of aircraft by operator]]

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