Air India’s flagship A350 to fly twice every day on Delhi-London Heathrow route from 1 September

Air India is about to remodel the on board expertise for its company on twice-daily flights between Delhi and London Heathrow with the deployment of its brand-new Airbus A350-900 plane. Ranging from 1 September 2024, this route will mark the long-haul worldwide debut of Air India’s flagship product.

The A350-900 will exchange the presently deployed Boeing 777-300ER and Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on 14 of 17 weekly flights. In consequence, an extra 336 seats will probably be accessible on the Delhi-London Heathrow route every week.

With the deployment of the A350-900 to London Heathrow in September, Air India can have upgraded 90% of all its flights to London Heathrow. From April 2024, Air India began deploying its just lately inducted Boeing 777-300ERs with elevated cabin interiors on all flights throughout its Mumbai-London Heathrow route to offer upgraded cabin interiors and inflight leisure techniques, whereas bringing Firstclass again on the London Heathrow-Mumbai route. This makes Air India the one provider to supply the selection of Firstclass journey between the 2 cities in addition to between the UK and India.

Introducing Premium Economic system and an all-new Air India expertise throughout cabins

Air India will introduce its Premium Economic system class expertise for the primary time on the Delhi-London Heathrow route with A350-900. It would provide company the selection of 24 extensive seats organized in a 2-4-2 configuration in a devoted, upscale cabin.

Air India’s A350 flights may also function new mushy merchandise and award-winning visitor enhancements unveiled earlier this 12 months. These enhancements embody new chinaware, new tableware and glassware, new bedding, and up to date amenity kits for Enterprise and Premium Economic system company, solely designed by Ferragamo and TUMI, respectively.

Campbell Wilson, Chief Government Officer & Managing Director, Air India, mentioned: “The deployment of our flagship A350s and the B777s with upgraded cabin interiors to London Heathrow marks a big milestone for Air India. It demonstrates our dedication to elevating the journey expertise of our company to really world-class requirements and to going past simply assembly buyer expectations as we proceed to resume our fleet.”

“With our industry-leading cabin merchandise on the A350 together with a brand new Premium Economic system expertise and a bunch of latest on board enhancements rolling out, we’re assured that these every day flights between India and London Heathrow will quickly be the popular selection for travellers,” Wilson added.

Reserving Air India A350 flights to London Heathrow

The A350 seats on the Delhi-London Heathrow route at the moment are accessible to order on Air India’s web site and cellular app or through journey brokers.

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