PM’s new aircraft will be flown by IAF pilots but maintained by Air India
New Delhi: Two custom-made B777 planes, which will be used to fly Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top Indian dignitaries from July next year, will be operated by pilots of the Indian Air Force and not of Air India, said a senior official on Wednesday.
However, the new wide-body planes will be maintained by Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL), which is a subsidiary of the Indian national carrier, he said.
Currently, the prime minister, President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu fly on Air India’s B747 planes, which have the call sign ‘Air India One’.
