BENGALURU: In a welcome information for Air India’s medium to extremely lengthy haul world travellers, the Maharaja will spend $400 million at the desperately wanted cabin refurbishment of its extensive frame airplane. AI’s present dual aisle Boeing 777 and B787s gets a top class financial system aside from the long-awaited totally new seats and inflight leisure gadget in all cabin categories. The first refurbished airplane might be in a position via mid-2024, because of present international provide chain constraints.
A deficient inflight enjoy and loss of punctuality had been passengers’ largest ache level with state-owned AI, one thing will quickly exchange now underneath the Tatas. The founder team will refurbish all of the present 27 Boeing B787 and 13 B777 airplane.
“This refurbishment will see a complete overhaul of existing cabin interiors, including the addition of latest generation seats and best-in-class inflight entertainment across all classes. In addition, the refurbishment will see the introduction of a Premium Economy cabin on both fleets. The First Class cabin will also be retained on the 777s. Air India has engaged leading London-based product design companies, JPA Design and Trendworks, to assist with the cabin interior design elements of this refurbishment programme. The collaboration brings together two experts in the fields of aviation and interiors that have produced designs for major brands including Taj Hotels, The Orient Express and Herman Miller International,” Air India mentioned in a observation.
AI MD-CEO Campbell Wilson mentioned: “Under our Vihaan.AI transformation program, Air India has committed to attain the highest standards of product and service befitting of a world class airline. We know that, at present, the cabin product on our 40 legacy widebody aircraft falls short of this standard. Although the project commenced some months ago, we are delighted to now publicly announce this significant investment on a complete interior refit, and we are confident that, when revealed, the new interiors will delight customers and show Air India in a new light. We are working closely with partners to accelerate the refit process as fast as possible and, in the meantime, leasing in at least 11 new widebody aircraft with brand new interiors to improve our offering at the earliest opportunity.”
A deficient inflight enjoy and loss of punctuality had been passengers’ largest ache level with state-owned AI, one thing will quickly exchange now underneath the Tatas. The founder team will refurbish all of the present 27 Boeing B787 and 13 B777 airplane.
“This refurbishment will see a complete overhaul of existing cabin interiors, including the addition of latest generation seats and best-in-class inflight entertainment across all classes. In addition, the refurbishment will see the introduction of a Premium Economy cabin on both fleets. The First Class cabin will also be retained on the 777s. Air India has engaged leading London-based product design companies, JPA Design and Trendworks, to assist with the cabin interior design elements of this refurbishment programme. The collaboration brings together two experts in the fields of aviation and interiors that have produced designs for major brands including Taj Hotels, The Orient Express and Herman Miller International,” Air India mentioned in a observation.
AI MD-CEO Campbell Wilson mentioned: “Under our Vihaan.AI transformation program, Air India has committed to attain the highest standards of product and service befitting of a world class airline. We know that, at present, the cabin product on our 40 legacy widebody aircraft falls short of this standard. Although the project commenced some months ago, we are delighted to now publicly announce this significant investment on a complete interior refit, and we are confident that, when revealed, the new interiors will delight customers and show Air India in a new light. We are working closely with partners to accelerate the refit process as fast as possible and, in the meantime, leasing in at least 11 new widebody aircraft with brand new interiors to improve our offering at the earliest opportunity.”
