{"id":542126,"date":"2022-12-09T11:57:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=542126"},"modified":"2022-12-09T13:14:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T07:44:42","slug":"air-indias-legacy-wide-body-fleet-being-refurbished-first-aircraft-to-enter-service-by-mid-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/air-indias-legacy-wide-body-fleet-being-refurbished-first-aircraft-to-enter-service-by-mid-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India&#8217;s legacy wide-body fleet being refurbished, first aircraft to enter service by mid-2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MUMBAI: For passengers, it&#8217;s the cabin interiors that speak the loudest about the age and upkeep of an aircraft and that is why Air India has been at the receiving end of passengers&#8217; ire when it comes to seats, inflight entertainment etc on its legacy wide-body fleet.<\/p>\n<p>The airline, which moved from government to private ownership early this year, announced Thursday that it has already started refurbishing its entire legacy wide body fleet, comprising 27 Boeing B787-8 and 13 B777 aircraft, committing over $400m for the project. In the process, Air India will also introduce premium economy class cabin on both these fleets. The first refurbished aircraft will enter service in mid-2024.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This refurbishment will see a complete overhaul of existing cabin interiors, including the addition of latest generation seats and best inflight entertainment across all classes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUMBAI: For passengers, it&#8217;s the cabin interiors that speak the loudest about the age and upkeep of an aircraft and that is why Air India has been at the receiving end of passengers&#8217; ire when it comes to seats, inflight entertainment etc on its legacy wide-body fleet. The airline, which moved from government to private ownership early this year, announced Thursday that it has already started refurbishing its entire legacy wide body fleet, comprising 27 Boeing B787-8 and 13 B777 aircraft, committing over $400m for the project. In the process, Air India will also introduce premium economy class cabin on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,130,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-aviation-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}