Air India said on Friday that it will deploy its iconic Boeing 747 jumbo jet for one flight on the Delhi-Mumbai route from next Wednesday.
"AI to operate Queen of the Sky Boeing 747 on Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi from December 14," the airline said. The Boeing 747 will take off from Delhi at 8 am and the return flight from Mumbai will take off at 7 pm.
Aviation minister Jayant Sinha had recently told TOI that given the crunch situation at Mumbai Airport which does not have any free slots to accommodate more flights, the government may allow only wide body aircraft, even for domestic flights, to operate in the peak morning and evening hours to ensure more people get in and out of the Mega City in those maximum demand periods.
Air India and Jet Airways, the only two Indian carriers that have wide body planes in their fleet, have started deploying their big planes like the B-747, 777, 787 and Airbus A-330s on certain high density domestic routes.
"For Mumbai, we are examining how to adjust landing slots. The most important morning and evening slots may be given to the biggest aircraft so that more people can travel in and out of the city at highest demand times instead of narrow body," Jayant Sinha had told TOI.
To Read the News in Full 09/12/16 Saurabh Sinha/The Times Of India
"AI to operate Queen of the Sky Boeing 747 on Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi from December 14," the airline said. The Boeing 747 will take off from Delhi at 8 am and the return flight from Mumbai will take off at 7 pm.
Aviation minister Jayant Sinha had recently told TOI that given the crunch situation at Mumbai Airport which does not have any free slots to accommodate more flights, the government may allow only wide body aircraft, even for domestic flights, to operate in the peak morning and evening hours to ensure more people get in and out of the Mega City in those maximum demand periods.
Air India and Jet Airways, the only two Indian carriers that have wide body planes in their fleet, have started deploying their big planes like the B-747, 777, 787 and Airbus A-330s on certain high density domestic routes.
"For Mumbai, we are examining how to adjust landing slots. The most important morning and evening slots may be given to the biggest aircraft so that more people can travel in and out of the city at highest demand times instead of narrow body," Jayant Sinha had told TOI.
To Read the News in Full 09/12/16 Saurabh Sinha/The Times Of India
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