Air India to spend $400 mln to revamp interiors of 67 planes
Air India, owned by the Tata Group, said on Tuesday that it would spend $400 million to refurbish the interiors of 67 planes, as part of a multi-million dollar transformation of the former state-run carrier.
Since taking control of the carrier in 2022, Tata has spent millions of dollars on ordering hundreds of new jets and changing the carrier’s logo, branding and plane livery, among other upgrades to the carrier’s operations.
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Now it is refitting the interiors of older planes -27 narrowbody Airbus A320neo and 40 widebody Boeing 787s and 777s- in partnership with companies including Astronics, Thales and RTX’s Collins Aerospace, it said.
The first narrowbody was sent for an upgrade on Monday and Air India plans to upgrade three and four planes per month, it said.
Its total fleet currently stands at 142 aircraft, according to Planespotters. The Air India group has ordered 470 jets from Airbus and Boeing.
The group includes low-cost carriers Air India Express and Air Asia India. From November, Air India will also operate planes of Vistara, a joint venture between Singapore Airlines and Tata Group.
With information from Reuters
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