Air India fleet

Air India operate a fleet of both narrow body and widebody aircraft with a fleet composed of Airbus A319, A320, A320neo, A321 as well as Boeing 777 and Boeing 787, making for a total of 112 aircraft.

Current fleet

As of August 2022, the mainline Air India (excluding the fleet of its subsidiary Air India Express) fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers					Notes
			F	J	Y	Total	Refs
Airbus A319-100	18	—	—	8	114	122
			—	—	144	144
Airbus A320-200	9	—	—	—	168	168
			—	12	138	150
Airbus A320neo	27	21	—	12	150	162		One aircraft painted in Star Alliance livery. 21 aircraft to be leased.
Airbus A321-200	14	—	—	12	170	182
Airbus A321neo	—	4	—	—	—	—		To be leased.
Boeing 777-200LR	4	4	8	35	195	238		4 airframes to be leased.
Boeing 777-300ER	13	—	4	35	303	342		One painted in Star Alliance livery. One painted in Celebrating India livery. Older aircraft to be refurbished with new interiors.
Boeing 787-8	27	—	—	18	238	256		One painted in Star Alliance livery.
Total	112	29

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  Airbus A319-100
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  Airbus A320-200
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  Airbus A320neo
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  Airbus A321-200
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  Boeing 777-200LR
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  Boeing 777-300ER
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  Boeing 787-8

Fleet history

Air India Airbus A330-200

Air India Airbus A310-300

Air India Boeing 767-300ER

Boeing 707 in 1976

Air India Lockheed Super Constellation in 1961 at Prague Ruzyně Airport

Air India Douglas DC-3 at Heathrow Airport in 1958

Past aircraft operated by Air India

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Replacement	Notes
Airbus A300B4-100	1	1994	1994	Airbus A321
Airbus A300B4-200	4	1982	2002	Airbus A321
Airbus A310-300	24	1986	2012	Boeing 787-8
	4				Converted into freighters and used by Air India Cargo
Airbus A330-200	2	2008	2015	Boeing 787-8	Leased
Boeing 707-320B	3	1962	1989	Boeing 747-200
Boeing 707-320C	4	1964	1990	Boeing 747-200
Boeing 707-420	4	1960	1984	Boeing 747-200
	1		1966	None	Crashed as flight AI101
	1		1982		Crashed as flight AI403
Boeing 737-200	5	2007	2011	Airbus A320
Boeing 747-100	2	1970	1971	Boeing 747-200B
Boeing 747-200B	10	1971	2005	Boeing 747-400
	1		1978	None	Crashed as flight AI855
	1		1985		Destroyed by a bomb as flight AI182
Boeing 747-200C	1	1971	2005	Boeing 747-400
Boeing 747-300	1	2005	2007	Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-300M	2	1988	2008	Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-400M	1	2005	2008	Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 747-400	8	1993	2022	None	Deregistered in April 2022.
Boeing 757-200	1	2007	2007	None	Leased from Golden International Airlines
Boeing 767-300ER	2	2006	2008	None	Leased from Flyglobespan
	1	2007	2007		Leased from EuroAtlantic Airways
Boeing 777-200	1	2006	2010	Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 777-200ER	3	2005	2011	Boeing 777-300ER
Boeing 777-200LR	5	2008	2013	None	Sold to Etihad Airways due to Financial Crunch
De Havilland Comet	Un­known	1950s	1950s	None
De Havilland Dragon Rapide	Un­known	1930s	1940s	None
De Havilland Fox Moth	Un­known	1930s	1930s	None
De Havilland Puss Moth	Un­known	1929	1932	None
Douglas DC-2	Un­known	1934	1940	Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-3	Un­known	1936	1970s	Douglas DC-4
Douglas DC-4	Un­known	1948	Unknown	None
Douglas DC-8-60F	Un­known	1977	1988	Boeing 747-200
Douglas DC-8-70F	Un­known	1983	1995	Boeing 747-200
Ilyushin Il-62M	Un­known	1989	1990	Airbus A310
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar	5	1995	1996	Boeing 747-400
Lockheed L-749 Constellation	Un­known	1951	1972	None
	1		1950		Crashed as flight AI245
	1		1955		Destroyed by a bomb as flight AI300
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation	Un­known	1956	1970s	None
Percival Petrel	Un­known	1930s	1930s	None
Vickers VC.1 Viking	Un­known	1947	1960s	none
Waco YQC-6	Un­known	1939	Unknown	None

Fleet Development

Fleet Information

In 1932, Air India started operations with a de Havilland Puss Moth. It inducted its first Boeing 707-420 named Gauri Shankar (registered VT-DJJ), thereby becoming the first Asian airline to induct a jet aircraft in its fleet and on 4 August 1993, Air India took the delivery of its first Boeing 747-400 named Konark (registered VT-ESM). Apart from the Boeing aircraft, Air India also operates a wide range of Airbus aircraft. In 1989, Indian Airlines introduced the Airbus A320-200 aircraft, which Air India now uses to operate both domestic and international short haul flights. In 2005, Indian Airlines introduced smaller A319s, which are now used mainly on domestic and regional routes. After the merger in 2007, Air India inducted the biggest member of the A320 family, the A321, to operate mainly on international short haul and medium haul routes. At the same time, Air India leased Airbus A330s to operate on medium-long haul international routes. Currently Air India has many narrow body aircraft for domestic destinations like A320, A321 and A320 neo. Air India has also many wide body aircraft like Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 787-8 mainly for international destinations. Air India Express, a subsidiary of Air India has a fleet of 25 Boeing 737-800. On 17 June 2019, Air India grounded its last Airbus A320 classic fleet, which flown its last flight from Delhi to Mumbai.

Fleet Restructuring

As a part of the financial restructuring, Air India sold five of its eight Boeing 777-200LR aircraft to Etihad Airways in December 2013. According to the airline, plans for introducing ultra-long flights with service to Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles were cancelled due to factors like high fuel prices and weak demand. Air India flights to San Francisco have been resumed with more new international destinations. On 24 April 2014, Air India issued a tender for leasing 14 Airbus A320 aircraft for up to six years, to strengthen its domestic network. Air India has purchased many Boeing 787-8 dreamliners to strengthen international operations.