November 28, 2024 - Air India has announced in a press release that it will use the A320 aircraft, which were previously operated by Vistara, on five important metro-to-metro routes. The routes are Delhi and Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru, Delhi and Hyderabad, Mumbai and Bengaluru and Mumbai and Hyderabad.

The A320 planes give the best narrow body cabin products and have a three-class configuration - business, premium economy and economy class, said the airline. Currently, Air India has a fleet of 208 planes, including around 67 wide-body ones.

The airline has said it will continue to fly one wide-body daily each between Delhi and Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Mumbai. For the services, either an Airbus A350 or a Boeing 777 will be used.

According to the airline, flight itineraries will be optimised to spread out departures throughout the day without lowering frequency.

"We will progressively expand the coverage to more routes as Air India inducts new aircraft and completes the retrofit of our legacy narrow body fleet during 2025," Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said.

Vistara was merged with Air India earlier this month.

Source: Media Reports