After being privatized, Air India is in the process of reinventing itself. The airline is investing hugely in modernizing its fleet and improving the passenger experience. This includes ordering 470 new aircraft, introducing new cabins, retrofitting existing aircraft, and completely rebranding. The airline has now revealed the next step of its transformation, which includes new…
Continue reading: Air India Unveils Snazzy New Employee Uniforms
Share your questions, experiences, and thoughts below.
“The airline exclusively chose young, slender employees for these photo shoots, so that’s not representative of the overall workforce.”
—-um it pretty much is, except on US based airlines
Ben,
I recently flew the Vistara business class from Frankfurt to Delhi on Nov 27th... ended up being a 35+ hour trip!!
Apparently Emirates and Air India took off at the same time, but Vistara gave an excuse of 'oh there is snow and we cannot'. We boarded at 9:30pm -> waited -> taxiied at 11:30pm -> deplaned at 2am.
No hotel, no reimbursement, no water. I ended up getting a Marriott at 4am in the morning on my own dime. Vistara ground staff at Delhi was even worse as they flat out refused to help me as they didn't get "any info from Frankfurt". It has been 2+ weeks and no response whatsoever from Vistara customer relations other than "we got your complaint". (you should probably discuss EU regulations in one of the posts as I don't see a way to claim refund if the airline is claiming 'weather' and... they can claim anything)
Frankly ground staff of Vistara is not much better than Air India. Both are terrible as I could see all passengers tired of complaining. Unsure if having new planes or livery is going to do much to a soft product that is clearly sub-par vs. almost all airlines I have flown so far.
These look great, though I'm curious why they didn't show any male cabin crew? I'd guess that outfit is a bit toned down in comparison.
There are at least 5 male cabin crew uniforms featured on the models in the pictures posted here.
Thats cool that Female cabin crew have the choice to pantsuits.
The Nehru jacket on the guys also looks really nice.
These look amazing!
Usually when airlines have a uniform reveal, my response is "they felt the need to have a press conference for THIS??"
But these are worthy of the attention!!
Interesting that for female cabin crew (but not male? Although the guys do seem to have different colored jackets, too), the uniforms differ in color according to how "senior" the crewmember is. Does that refer to age, or just how long they've been working for the airline? Does any other airline differentiate uniforms according to seniority or age? (I don't mean by rank, e.g. a different uniform for pursor vs regular FA, which I can understand.)
@Ben in related news, AI also updated https://simpleflying.com/air-india-makes-changes-to-its-massive-airbus-order/
Skewed towards A350-1000 earlier but now a lot more of them shifted to A350-900.
"Does that refer to age, or just how long they've been working for the airline?"
It's by rank.
AI sucks! Let’s get that out of our way.
Their new uniforms are amazing. Manish Malhotra is a very respected designer.
I particularly like how they gave fully covered blouses yet retained the saree look. It is functional and classy. The air hostesses will appreciate this.
Oh right, so toned down I didn't see them at first glance, haha. At least they still get a cool jacket
Lets hope the changes to other aspects of the airline follows the changes in uniforms as well (which are actually pretty nice).
Love AI - a real sleeping giant. Plus as a vegetarian, that's the 50% default food option - no special meal booking needed. BUT - never transfer at DEL - get an eVisa a do the immigration out/in thing. I love the pot luck aspect of getting a working screen too - adds some extra excitement 😉