Completing successfully the retrofit programme for its legacy A320neo fleet, Air India has announced that the final one of 27 aircraft is returning to service with brand-new cabin interiors and in the airline’s vibrant new livery.
In a press release, the company said that with these, combined with 14 newly delivered A320neo aircraft and those integrated following the merger of Vistara into Air India, the airline now operates 104 A320 Family aircraft, featuring new or upgraded cabin interiors.
Commenced in September 2024 as part of a broader USD400 million initiative to modernise Air India’s entire legacy fleet, the retrofit programme for all 27 legacy A320neo aircraft has been completed within a record one-year time frame.
With 104 A320 Family aircraft featuring new or upgraded interiors, Air India now operates 3,024 weekly flights across 82 domestic and short-haul international routes.
Domestic India routes: All flights on the busiest domestic routes such as Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Hyderabad, Delhi-Bengaluru, Delhi-Kolkata, Delhi-Chennai, Mumbai-Bengaluru, Mumbai-Hyderabad, Mumbai-Chennai and Mumbai-Kolkata, in addition to many others.
Short-haul international routes: All flights to and from Bangkok, Phuket, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Bali (Denpasar), Manila, Mauritius, Male (Maldives), Riyadh, Jeddah, and most flights to and from Singapore.
The retrofit programme for the 27 A320neo involved equipping all aircraft with modern cabin interiors, each in a three-class cabin configuration, ensuring a consistent, world-class inflight experience. This includes the installation of 3,564 new Economy Class seats, 648 new Premium Economy Class seats, 216 new Business Class seats, over 450 metres of premium leather and over 15,000 metres of fabric, over 5,000 square metres of carpet, enhancing cabin aesthetics and comfort and over 8,000 kg of paint, to repaint the legacy aircraft in Air India’s bold new livery.
(With ANI Inputs)
