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Tata Group-owned Air India has taken transportation of the archetypal Boeing 787-9 craft aft the hose was privatised astir 4 years ago.
This is besides the archetypal enactment acceptable oregon custom-made Dreamliner for the airline. Generally, enactment acceptable refers to an craft specifically made for a peculiar airline.
An authoritative connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) said Air India completed the rubric transportation of the Dreamliner astatine the Boeing’s Everett mill successful Seattle connected January 7, 2026.
After inspections by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the aircraft, besides the archetypal enactment acceptable Dreamliner to beryllium taken by Air India aft being acquired by Tatas successful January 2022, is expected to get successful India successful the adjacent fewer days.
The caller craft has a 3 people configuration — economy, premium system and concern people seats.
The past enactment acceptable Dreamliner that was acquired by Air India was successful October 2017 erstwhile the bearer was nether the authorities ownership.
According to the official, the latest craft is the airline's archetypal wide-body and 52nd wide transportation from the 220 Boeing jets ordered successful 2023.
Air India Express has already taken transportation of 51 narrow-body Boeing 737-8s, including its archetypal enactment acceptable level that was inducted successful precocious December.
After Tatas took implicit successful January 2022, Air India placed orders for 350 Airbus and 220 Boeing planes. Out of the Airbus order, 6 A350s person already been inducted into the Air India fleet.
Air India already has 26 B787-8s and 6 B787-9s of erstwhile Vistara which was merged with the airline.
Currently, Air India Group has implicit 300 planes, including 185 craft with Air India and the remaining ones with Air India Express.
The authoritative said a twelve much bequest Dreamliners with refreshed interiors are expected to instrumentality to work done 2026.
In November past year, Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said Air India Group expects to induct 26 wide-body and narrow-body planes, and run 81 per cent of its planetary flights with upgraded craft by the extremity of 2026.
