Air India is going through a massive transformation at the moment. In late 2021, the airline was privatized, with Tata Group, the company that founded Air India, once again being in control of the national carrier, and trying to bring it back to its former glory.
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Wonderful opportunity.
More like almost 500 A320+737 family opportunities to visualise.
As **insert your next new made up username here** wisdom advice would suggest just fly a 737, "visualise yourself flying Qsuites or Air France or JAL or something of that kind! ;)"
And VT-CIE, time to visualise your next username.
Hint: Don't use alphabet poop.
What a nice news to start a week, because we can "visualise ourselves flying new Air India or Safran Unity or AIC or something of that kind ;)" on board their grim A320s and 777s even harder with those more jets to arrive.
Too bad that Vistara is now a part of an airline keep telling their customers about their fake ambitions, just like the man who told us the wisdom of "visualising".
Matter of time for AI A350s also start to fall apart.
the real question is how long this makes the Airbus production lists and when the first significant openings occur.
Having large narrowbodies and standard size widebodies is generally in line with what the US has. Both India and the US have multiple hubs compared to Europe and E. Asian countries that typically have one or potentially two hubs in the country.
Air India's future, to me, seems similar to a Chinese Big 3 carrier (like China Eastern or something). Sure, it's going to be better than the Air India we had in 2019 that was a constant mess, and we'll move past 2-3-2 biz, but they're never going to excel, just be a mediocre-to-bad mass market carrier propped up by the jingoistic religious customers you see out of India these days. I had someone assert to me that 2019 Air India was the best carrier in the world, and no one had any reason to prefer a Gulf carrier or SQ over that. AI will have a stranglehold over those people
What remains to be seen is how many of the new A321neos on order get a new business-class product like what ex-Vistara A321neos do, or even better. I’m sure AI will not skimp on that as much as it has done on the IFE-less A320neo, with its tight 28” of pitch. It may take a few more years for that to be revealed, but with over half of the orders being A321neos (including A321XLRs), AI knows only too well the value of a premium narrowbody product.
More EskiMason responses coming in 3, 2, 1...
Eskimo/Mason endlessly dragging on their beef is genuinely exhausting. Frankly, no one else cares. We got both review trips and both were interesting. I am not sobbing that one was slightly later. Move on
Though of course Ben thought flying KE and JAL would be much more worthwhile than flying an on-its-way-out Vistara in October — and many agree that JAL has now become an absolutely brilliant airline in 2024 — I really appreciate all the coverage Ben has given for AI and Vistara, even without flying them.
I have to (somewhat) agree with your other comment below that AI will not become much more than a KE or TG (if not as poor as the US3 or, even worse, the CN3) at best, despite being partly owned by SQ!
Frankly, no one else cares.
That's because "everyone else" knows that Proximanova is playing victim.
He made Ben to change his trip itineraru last minute.
He made Ben to go through a sh*tty flight experience.
He made Ben to take a long trip twice in a short time period.
He even mocked Ben after knowing that Copa experience is a total sh*t.
How sad that you're blindfolded from those truths.
Proximanova's victim propaganda definitely works.
More accounts, more upvotes for the troll comments. Two or more can play at that game!
Are you trying to copy me, writing in my exact tone?
I don't know is that a sarcasm or a support, but either way no thanks.
Not here to have some apologists like BA and AeroB13a.
Says the one who gave up your Diamond VT-CIE after a bashing that you provided the cause.
And you keep self liking your comments too.
Keep the hypocrisy going.
Indians love to have an opinion on everything but vote with their wallets when it matters. So there is no stranglehold on any customer segment.
In my opinion, the 321 has been ordered for covering high volume domestic routes out of airports like BOM which have no capacity. Plus the short haul international routes like BOM - DXB or MAA / BLR - SIN / KUL. Many will be configured to take on Indigo.
Still a bad airline. Brand new A350s don't do anything if you can't fix the overall mediocre product and don't maintain your seats.
Various data points say the new seats already show signs of heavy wear/tear as well as mechanical issues.
This is a correct analysis, I don't think anyone will go out of their way to fly Air India, similar to Chinese airlines, unless they are Indian nationals and other Indians in the VFR bucket for the non-stop flights, and it will be fueled by their massive 1B+ population sizes for passenger traffic.
I have to (somewhat) agree with your other comment below that AI will not become much more than a KE or TG (if not as poor as the US3 or, even worse, the CN3) at best, despite being partly owned by SQ!
yeah, this is absolutely true, I think with the influence of SQ, AI does have hope getting past the CN3 and probably will be better, but I pointed to the CN3 in particular because of the similar demographics -- just like the CN3, because India has a huge population with very different needs than the average connecting traveler, you'll get an airline that's very much tailored to the local market and doesn't necessarily work as well for foreigners. Same thing as the difference between the local-market-focused CN3 and neighboring Cathay Pacific, or similarly Saudia v. the ME3
ORDER AT LEAST ( 100 ) B 787 - 9 AND ( 100 ) A 350 - 900 MORE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE .