Air India fleet

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Air India operates a fleet of both narrow body and widebody aircraft: Airbus A320ceo family, Airbus A320neo, as well as Boeing 777 and Boeing 787, making for a total of 115 aircraft.[1]

Current Fleet

As of June 2022, the mainline Air India (excluding the fleet of its subsidiary Air India Express) fleet consists of the following aircraft:[2][1][3]

Air India Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
F J Y Total Refs
Airbus A319-100 21 8 114 122 [4] One transferred to DRDO.[5]
144 144 [6]
Airbus A320-200 9 168 168 [7][8]
12 138 150
Airbus A320neo 27 12 150 162 [9] One painted in Star Alliance livery.[10]
Airbus A321-200 15 12 170 182 [11] Five transferred to DRDO.[12][13]
Boeing 777-200LR 3 8 35 195 238 [14]
Boeing 777-300ER 13 4 35 303 342 [15]
Boeing 787-8 27 18 238 256 [16]
Total 115

Fleet History

Air India Airbus A330-200
Air India Airbus A310-300
Boeing 707 in 1976
Air India Lockheed Super Constellation in 1961 at Prague Ruzyně Airport
Air India Douglas DC-3 at Heathrow Airport in 1958
Past aircraft operated by Air India[17][18]
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Replacement Notes
Airbus A300B4-100 1 1994 1994 Airbus A321
Airbus A300B4-200 4 1982 2002 Airbus A321
Airbus A310-300 24 1986 2012 Boeing 787-8
4 Converted into freighters and used by Air India Cargo
Airbus A330-200 2 2008 2015 Boeing 787-8 Leased
Boeing 707-320B 3 1962 1989 Boeing 747-200
Boeing 707-320C 4 1964 1990 Boeing 747-200
Boeing 707-420 4 1960 1984 Boeing 747-200
1 1966 None Crashed as flight AI101
1 1982 Crashed as flight AI403
Boeing 737-200 5 2007 2011 Airbus A320
Boeing 747-100 2 1970 1971 Boeing 747-200B
Boeing 747-200B 10 1971 2005 Boeing 747-400
1 1978 None Crashed as flight AI855
1 1985 Destroyed by a bomb as flight AI182
Boeing 747-200C 1 1971 2005 Boeing 747-400
Boeing 747-300 1 2005 2007 Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-300M 2 1988 2008 Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-400M 1 2005 2008 Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-400 8 1993 2022 None Stored since 2020, deregistered April 2022.[19][20][21]
Boeing 757-200 1 2007 2007 None Leased from Golden International Airlines
Boeing 767-300ER 2 2006 2008 None Leased from Flyglobespan
1 2007 2007 Leased from EuroAtlantic Airways
Boeing 777-200 1 2006 2010 Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 777-200ER 3 2005 2011 Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 777-200LR 5 2008 2013 Boeing 777-200LR Sold to Etihad Airways due to Financial Crunch
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-8-60F Unknown 1977 1988 Boeing 747-200
Douglas DC-8-70F Unknown 1983 1995 Boeing 747-200
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
1 1950 Crashed as flight AI245
1 1955 Destroyed by a bomb as flight AI300
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

References

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  2. "Fleet". Air India.
  3. "Air India to get 23rd Dreamliner in January, last 4 planes by March 2017". Business Standard. Business Standard Private Ltd. Press Trust of India. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  5. "Air India Fleet of A319 (Stored) | Airfleets aviation". www.airfleets.net. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  6. "Airbus 319 (Single Configuration)". Air India.
  7. "A320-214 CEO (Single configuration)". Air India.
  8. "A320-214 CEO (Mixed configuration)". Air India.
  9. "Air India Airbus A320neo fleets". Air India. 30 August 2019.
  10. "Air India to opt for business economy class seats in A320 neos". The Economic Times. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  11. "Air India Airbus A321". Air India. 30 August 2019.
  12. "TATAs need more planes for Air India". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  13. "Gov't to convert six Air India jets for AEW&C missions". Ch-Aviation. 19 December 2020.
  14. "Air India Boeing 777-200LR". Air India. 30 August 2019.
  15. "Air India Boeing 777-300ER". Air India. 30 August 2019.
  16. "Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner". Air India. 30 August 2019.
  17. "Air India : The story of the aircraft". Airwhiners.net. Archived from the original on 11 August 2004. Retrieved 26 July 2004.[self-published source]
  18. "Air India Fleet Details and History".
  19. Naik, Yogesh (29 April 2022). "End of an era as 4 Air India Boeing 747s are deregistered". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  20. simpleflying.com - End Of The Road: Air India’s Boeing 747s Deregistered By Regulator 28 April 2022
  21. "Air India Boeing 747-437". Star Alliance. 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.