Air India

[mullion]

They are getting the Delta 777s to cover the Air India 777s which are mainly stored out of service due maintenance problems

 

[JENNYJET]

.........and did Air India not specifically obtain the Dreamliner for the BHX service instead of using the existing fleet? I too would be happy for a triple Seven to operate!

 

[Kevin Farnell]

.........and did Air India not specifically obtain the Dreamliner for the BHX service instead of using the existing fleet? I too would be happy for a triple Seven to operate!

Whilst BHX was probably one of the routes for which the B787 was obtained, it's unlikely that it was obtained 'specifically' for BHX. Air India use the type on many routes.
Personally, I'd be happy to see the Air India service return to pre-pandemic frequencies with the B787, before thinking about larger aircraft.

Kevin

 

[JENNYJET]

Fair enough Kevin, perhaps 'specifically ' was the wrong choice of wording as it lead to your response. No excuse for my tardiness!

 

[Kevin Farnell]

They are getting the Delta 777s to cover the Air India 777s which are mainly stored out of service due maintenance problems

Why are Air India leasing in more aircraft, rather than fixing the ones that they already have?

Kevin

 

[rollo]

According to an article in Simply Flying Air India are leasing six ex Delta 777s to expand direct services to the USA for the holiday season which begins in October. Air India also add that they intend to get their own 777s that are stuck in maintenance back in service soon for the same purpose so on the face of it seeing them at BHX in the near future seems unlikely.

They had similar maintenance/parts issues with the 787 which took ages to resolve in fact I'm not sure if they have sorted that out completely yet.

They have always been a bit of a law unto themselves over the years being the state flag carrier and now owned by TATA things may change but I imagine the old culture is deeply ingrained.

 

[Matt995]

They had similar maintenance/parts issues with the 787 which took ages to resolve in fact I'm not sure if they have sorted that out completely yet.

currently Air India have 5 out of 27 of their dreamliners out of service, might be a reason why we still have only 1 flight a week.

 

[CM.]

Air India to resume Birmingham to Delhi from October 3rd

https://twitter.com/x/status/1568233619700727808

 

[Ray Finkle]

Great to finally have it confirmed. We should hopefully see 6x weekly before the end of the year.

 

[Coathanger16]

Air India to resume Birmingham to Delhi from October 3rd

https://twitter.com/x/status/1568233619700727808

Does that suggest the aircraft will stop at BHX for 24 hours before heading back? Or will the inbound Delhi operate the outbound Amritsar and vice versa?

 

[nwoody2001]

No Idea how Air India doesn't appear to have its own thread but great to see them upping their schedule at BHX and returning DIRECT BHX-DEL as of next month...

October schedule on sale, 4x weekly (2x BHX-ATQ-DEL and 2x BHX-DEL-ATQ) with rest of winter season to be uploaded soon...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1568232011218964487

 

[Bibin91]

Looks like Delhi and Amristar will increase to 3x weekly from 16th/17th Novemeber. Great to see the route being recognised!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1575727088920719361

 

[Silvercity]

I just read Air India are going to operate to Sydney and Melbourne, I dont known if it connect with the BHX-DEL but potentially an option for reaching Australia.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Flights already full !

 

[Ray Finkle]

I just read Air India are going to operate to Sydney and Melbourne, I dont known if it connect with the BHX-DEL but potentially an option for reaching Australia.

Somewhere on this thread there is an article mentioning the connections from BHX to Australia and from what I remember they seemed to do quite well.

 

[IanFarquharson]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1591390978027704320

 

[Brum X]

I wonder if he flew with Air India from BHX ?? I bloody hope so Mr Street

 

[Ray Finkle]

Don't quote me on it but there have been rumours that there are/were two new destinations being looked at.

 

[Birmingham Aviation]

Don't quote me on it but there have been rumours that there are/were two new destinations being looked at.

I’m guessing you know them routes

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Just my guesses, but Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta).

Kevin