He Renewal of the nose to the tail From the bearer of the flag of India, Air India, it is slowly progressing as the airline expects new airplanes and seats that are key to its change.
The first of the 80 Airbus and Boeing long distance aircraft That the Delhi -based Alliance operator has in order will not begin to reach 2026, if everything goes as planned. That wait leaves the CEO of Air India Campbell Wilson of new routes that connect India with the world as that: talk.
The new seats that Air India needs to update the major interiors of its Boeing 777 and 787 planes face one or two years, which aggravates the response situation.
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While none of these challenges is exclusive to Air India, they stand out given the transcendental task in progress in the airline. Wilson, backed by the Indian conglomerate The Tata Group, is located in the average entries of a several years of the long -standing state carrier that was once synonymous with unequal service, financial losses and a mediocre product.
The ambition is to turn the airline into a “global world class airline with an Indian heart”, as stated by its slogan, and do it in just five years, or by 2027.
Waiting for new aircraft for growth
“The happy problem in India is that, anywhere we point out a plane, we can probably fill it,” Wilson said in the ambitions of intercontinental growth of Air India at the annual meeting of the IATA Aviation Trade Group in Delhi on June 2.
The challenge is the airplanes. Deliveries of the 50 A350-900 and -1000, 10 777-9s and 30 787-9 that Air India has in order does not begin until 2026 and will take years to arrive.
Air India only expects two broad body deliveries this year: one A350 and a 787, Wilson said.
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This contrasts with the period immediately after the purchase of Air India by the Tata Group in 2022, when it could quickly acquire six new A350-900 that were ordered by Aeroflot but never delivered (also known as “White tail” plane).
Once the new aircraft begin to arrive, the destinations of North America and Europe exceed the expansion list of Air India, Wilson said.
“Obviously, there are many American destinations to those who are attractive to fly,” he said.
Wilson added that the expansion to North America will include new cities and additional routes of existing destinations. Air India serves the seven destinations of North America without stopping Delhi, and growth could include new non -staggered new Bengaluru and Mumbai.
Currently, Air India flies five US airports: Chicago O’Hare International Airport (Ord), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Dulles International Airport (IAD), program data from the Cirium Aviation Analysis Firm. It also flies to Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in Canada.
In addition to Delhi’s flights, Air India serves New York from Mumbai, as well as San Francisco de Bangalore and Mumbai.
While Wilson was a mother where Air India is considering expansion, Atlanta, Houston and Los Angeles stand out as markets that house large populations of Indian inheritance, but currently lacking non -scales flights to the country.
Houston and Los Angeles are also great centers for the American partner of Air India, United Airlines.
Air India’s long distance fleet update begins in July
Air India is in the unfortunate place where some of its long -distance aircraft, the new A350 once destined for Aeroflot, have their New product on board. Private Lieve seats in executive class and contemporary economy class are “as good as anyone,” Wilson said.
The A350 currently only fly to London, Newark and New York City from Delhi, Cirium Schedules show.
Unfortunately, the rest of the long distance fleet of the airline, the 777 and 787, lack the same cabin accessories.
“The remaining challenge for us is that we really need to mention the rest of our plane inherited to the same standard,” Wilson said.
The modifications of the Air India fleet 787 will begin in July and, waiting for the certification of the new seats by the Indian regulators, they will begin to fly in September or October, he said. The rest of the fleet 787 will be forwarded by 2027.
The work in the 777 will begin in 2026 and, if everything goes according to the last plan, concludes at the end of 2027.
A new image in Gurugram
If he drives approximately one hour from the center of Delhi, beyond the Indira Gandhi International Airport (Del) to the city that represents the modernity of India, Gurugram, then he can take a look at the new Indian Air. There is an airline training center that, when it is complete at the end of the year, will see approximately 3,000 cabin and cabin staff that pass through their corridors at any time.
The medium -height contemporary building houses what it feels like any corporate office anywhere: steel and glass, generic colors and abundance marks, and a healthy dose of the rich history of Air India to a large extent.
But for Air India, it represents only one of the many steps of his change. When Tata took over the airline, the training center replaced 10 separate facilities dispersed to India. Once completed, it will house all the pilot training and Hostess Training needs, including 10 Airbus pilot simulators and 11 of Boeing. There is even a Starbucks.
It is only one of the many aspects of the airline that Wilson has restructured since he took over.
“We have replaced around 140 IT systems,” he said. “We have consolidated 63 stores throughout India in a new central office. We have recruited Gross to about 15,000 employees, [and] Let around 6,000 employees go. We have received a new plane once once every six days in the last two years. And we have also merged four airlines in two. “
“Without elaborating the point, it was much to do,” he said.
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