{"id":43940,"date":"2023-09-05T19:47:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=43940"},"modified":"2023-09-05T19:47:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:17:13","slug":"air-india-final-ex-delta-777-first-commercial-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/05\/air-india-final-ex-delta-777-first-commercial-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India Final Ex-Delta 777 made its first Commercial flight | Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MUMBAI-<\/strong> Tata-owned Air India (AI)<\/a>, the fifth and final ex-Delta Air Lines (DL)<\/a> Boeing 777, made its first commercial flight today (Sep 5, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indian full-service carrier took delivery of the ex-Delta 777-200LR almost three months ago. Further, Air India has named all the widebody fleet aircraft, and this one has Uday inscribed on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Air India 777 First flight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today, Air India flight AI665 was operated using Boeing 777-200LR<\/a> registered as VT-AEI. The flight took off from Delhi Airport (DEL)<\/a> at around 8:15 AM local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After being airborne for almost two hours, it made a smooth landing at Mumbai Airport (BOM)<\/a> at around 10:01 AM local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airframe Details<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Now let us see the timeline of this aircraft, which has been transferred to multiple operators before joining AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing delivered this aircraft to Delta back in 2009. Delta operated the aircraft for around 12 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, US Mammoth Freighters took the aircraft in April 2021. It operated aircraft for a couple of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then Jetran took the aircraft in March 2023; later, DHL got it in April 2023 on lease. But it hardly operated the aircraft for three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air India took the aircraft in June 2023 on lease. It sent the aircraft to Singapore for rework, painting, and some minor adjustments. After completing this work, the aircraft made a ferry flight to Delhi on August 15, 2023; today, on Sep 5, 2023, it made its first commercial flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft will be utilized to increase the capacity of its North American flight network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from this, Air India has also leased six ex-Etihad (EY) Boeing 777-300ERs and three ex-Singapore Airlines (SQ) 777-30ERs to enhance its capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TATA Air India received its First Boeing 777-200 LR out of 5 leased from Delta Airlines on Sunday evening. | Image courtesy to its Creator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other ex-Delta Aircraft<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now let us see other ex-delta aircraft details that are now part of the Air India fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) VT-AEF, Delivered in November 2022 and has the name VIHAAN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) VT-AEG was delivered in Same Nov 2022, named PRABHAT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) VT-AEH was delivered on Jan 2023, named ALOK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) VT-AEE, Delivered in Feb 2023, and is named AVIJIT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those 5 Boeing aircraft are\u00a0old B777-200 LRs of Delta Airlines<\/strong>. These 200LRs are very interesting aircraft, and there are only\u00a061 ever built\u00a0<\/strong>by Boeing company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft has\u00a0premium economy class<\/strong>\u00a0along with 3 other standard classes. The Ex-Delta aircraft has been modified and has one of the best Cabin retrofits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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