Indianairlines was founded on 15 October, 1932. The recent boast has been given to company as air India have merged with Indians, who had great domestic network, and so the Indian airlines have become one of the leading ones in the business. The mergence of the two firms is underway and passengers are able to see the new face of air India. The entity being merged is offering great options for traveling in domestic and international places with a fleet of 152 aircrafts.
Indian airlines are expanding their fleet day by day. There are 5 new B777-300ERs and 5 B777-200LRs have been added in the fleet, along with the addition of 11 Airbus A321 and 8 A319s. With these additions the network of air India has expanded and now the company is operating 28 services weekly which cover 3 destinations in America namely, Newark, New York and Chicago. Also there is a daily non-stop flight from Mumbai to New York and from Delhi to New York. On the domestic level company operates in 60 cities from which 21 are connected to further international destinations.
The technology of B777-200 LR is one of the latest ones available in the market of today. The facilities available on this air craft for passengers include four hundred hours of audio and video entertainment, which is provided at every seat individually in all classes that is first, executive and economy class. The seats of the air craft are plush and give the great experience of privacy and space. Passengers are served with Indian, continental and oriental food that includes Thai, Chinese and Japanese along with the finest wine from all over the world. Specially trained crew, wearing designer uniform is designated to take care of the needs of passengers and assist them in whatever manner they want.
The air craft A321 with a capacity of 172 seats is run on all metro routes within the domestic network, by Indian airlines. This aircraft serves at all flights on the route of Delhi-Mumbai. There is great deal of in flight entertainment available within plane that includes i3000 Thales entertainment. This facility is available with the LCD monitor and touch screen provided separately on each seat. The economy class is given the seat pitch of 30 and 31 inches whereas, the executive class has the capacity of 20 seats with two abreast seats.
There has been remarkable increase in the network routes of UK and USA by air India, company has also increased the number of flights to both countries.
