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Air India to acquire eight more aircraft
NEW DELHI, June 26 (AFP) – India’s state carrier Air India is to acquire eight more aircraft to connect with cities in the United States by December this year, a reports said Wednesday.
The eight aircraft include two Boeing 747-400s and six Airbus-310s, Civil Aviation Minister Shahnawaz Hussain told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency.
The process of leasing the aircraft, without crews, had already begun, the minister said without mentioning the cost of the acquisition.
The new aircraft will help Air India connect the southern Indian cities of Cochin, Madras and Bangalore with New York and Chicago besides Paris, via London, PTI reported.
Air India was leasing the aircraft with the hope of getting day or evening landing slots at London’s Heathrow airport, Hussain said.
Air India at present has a fleet of 23 aircraft.
The airline also planned to come up with a “new image” in December when the new routes were scheduled for launch, Hussain said.
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