Air India to revive 10 grounded wide bodied aircraft by 2023

According to report, Air India may bring back its 10 grounded wide bodied aircraft into service by early 2023. A wide body aircraft has a bigger fuel tank, allowing it to travel long global routes such as India-US and India-Canada. “Air India currently has 43 wide bodied aircraft, of which 33 are operational. This is an improvement from the 28 aircraft that the airline was operating till recently,” a statement read. “The remaining ones will be returned to service by early 2023,” it added. As per it, the progressive restoration of these aircraft has made Air India to increase schedule resilience and allow frequency and network increases over the coming months.