‘Air India fleet reliability has improved’: CEO Campbell Wilson highlights upgrades – The Times of India

Air India’s operational turnaround is exhibiting early outcomes, with fleet reliability bettering and spare elements availability rising because the airline advances its transformation plan, CEO Campbell Wilson mentioned on Thursday.Talking throughout a city corridor with staff, Wilson mentioned operational resilience stays a key focus space for the Tata Group-owned service and that enhanced fleet reliability is now seen throughout operations, PTI reported.The airline has confronted persistent challenges with its legacy extensive-physique Boeing 777 and 787 plane, which had led to flight delays and cancellations. Wilson mentioned each legacy Boeing fleets are exhibiting enhancements as reliability upgrades proceed and inventories of spares and parts have elevated.The service has been enterprise alternative and improve of plane parts to make operations extra reliable, he added.Wilson additionally mentioned greater than 50 per cent of Air India’s extensive-physique fleet is predicted to be modernised by the tip of 2026, with the complete extensive-physique modernisation programme focused for completion by December 2028.The airline group — comprising Air India and Air India Categorical — can also be planning vital enlargement, aiming to develop its fleet from round 300 plane presently to greater than 500 by 2030.Air India, privatised in January 2022 after returning to the Tata Group, is presently executing an bold transformation technique geared toward bettering operational efficiency and lengthy-time period development.