Air India has honed the retrofit plan for its 43 vintage Boeing widebodies which will be fitted with new interiors including new seats, galleys, lavatories, and inflight entertainment systems.
Runway Girl Network understands that Boeing has been tapped to retrofit Air India’s 27 Boeing 787-8s with the new interiors, whilst HAECO will equip the carrier’s 16 Boeing 777s.
The configuration for the 777s has been agreed, with Air India planning to offer first, business, premium economy and economy class seats on board, as shown in a new video on socials.
Safran Seats France’s Unity herringbone, which offers a wide seating position and direct aisle access, will serve as the platform for both first and business, a source tells RGN. The first retrofitted aircraft will arrive in the second half of 2024.
RGN awaits further details on the seat selection for premium economy and economy on the 777s, as well as the exact configuration for the refit 787s. Air India declined to comment.
The carrier is also separately operating leased ex-Delta 777s featuring the US major’s signature interiors, and is leasing widebodies from Etihad and Singapore Airlines.
With India considered “the world’s fastest growing aviation market”, according to Boeing, Tata Sons-owned Air India in February inked letters of intent with Airbus and Boeing to augment its current fleet by taking a record 470 twinjets from the two aiframers, representing a mixture of narrowbodies and widebodies.
The signature interiors that will arrive with the new Airbus and Boeing widebodies will be a bit different to the retrofitted interiors on the 787-8s and 777s, we’re told.
16/08/2023 Neelam Mathews/Runway Girl Network
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