Air India's Airbus A350s & The Plan To Compete In The US Market

[@Camera7Productions]

With Noida and Navi Mumbai Airport opening soon, this will be a gamechanger.

[@mnilot]

I flew on the LHR-DEL on 25th Sept 2024, and I have to say, the service has gone up significantly! Hope to see more of it! :D

[@nntflow7058]

They just need to sort out their Ground operations.

[@9ParaSF-t7p]

Bro Assamese neki?

[@mnilot]

@@nntflow7058 true

[@mnilot]

@@9ParaSF-t7p yes 😁

[@mnilot]

@@9ParaSF-t7p yes bro. :)

[@vivekrameshjois]

Air India has the advantage of being able to fly over Russian airspace and bypass Iran as well which the European and US carriers cannot. Even the ME3 need to bypass Iran on their ULRs making them longer and more expensive.

[@ishanpai1791]

Air India launching flights to new north American destinations like Boston, Dallas,Houston,Atlanta,Miami , Los Angeles,Denver will be a true game changer! It will pose a huge competition with European & US Airlines who frequently fly indian passengers in/out of the country to key destinations in India such as Delta/KLM/AirFrance or BA/American/Qatar One World Alliance

[@Bugsbunny4u]

Yes US should be the focus market for AI, some routes even have the capability for a double daily, dont know why AI is wasting its fleet on double daily to Toronto with AC also doing a daily. Auckland is also large market not served by any direct connection from India.

[@ishanpai1791]

@Bugsbunny4u yeah a lot of times it's based on Slots at airports too. Reason why they doubled Toronto cuz of more Indians traveling. For Auckland, I don't think they will ever fly direct cuz other airlines offer feasibility like Singapore,Cathay,Japan Airlines where people can transit easily and fly to India. They might still do Delhi-Auckland but via Sydney/Melbourne.

[@yogappravin3361]

U missed the biggest markets Seattle and Philadelphia

[@yogappravin3361]

​@@Bugsbunny4ueven triple daily flights have demand for Toronto thanks to a significant indian diaspora in Toronto and Auckland has market but a 787-8 would be enough for a daily flight

[@Zaheed-ip8mp]

Air India should also fly to Orlando, Florida as there is also a huge Indian community there

[@abhigyakhandelwal9215]

Air India will truly become a force to be reckoned with in International markets once it refurbishes a big chunk of its long haul fleet along with timely delivery of new A350s and dreamliners, also they will need to have a good soft product and well trained crew to improve passenger experience.

[@Realist839]

more than that, Air India needs to fix the callous staff behavior and really improve customer service to be taken seriously.

[@veerasudhama9528]

For Air India to grow they need to offer direct flights to Hyderabad, like Bangalore. The community is vast in USA and Australia, hope they consider the options. Hyderabad needs more International connections, Hope air India looks into it.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

the plan currently is to have Delhi-Mumbai-Bengaluru as the 3 major hubs.

[@BRahul-f8x]

USA - Hyd Canada - Amritsar Middle East - Kochi I feel the last one is something that Air India has tapped in well through its express flights but connecting the US with southern mega hubs in India will bring in a massive market for Air India

[@BlitzzM23]

@@BRahul-f8x Seattle should also offer amritsar, and chennai should also be added too for rest of usa

[@noisyboy178]

Flying Direct is best. If the service and product is at same level. And it will be on par soon.

[@OnlyDiscover]

Then make a Airline of yours and fly yourself .....😂😂😂. Don't teach AirIndia , they might be facing few issues with old aircraft for now , but in future new aircraft will replace those old once 😊

[@jantjarks7946]

​@@OnlyDiscoverSadly Ratan Tata passed away. Who is in charge of Tata Group now, any info on that?

[@Trickyx786]

@@jantjarks7946tata retired in 2012 and new ceo was taken for tata group rattan tata was ceo of tata trust both are different

[@Punch8721]

@@jantjarks7946 Ratan Tata's half brother Noel Tata replaced him. Noel's wife Aloo Mistry is the sister of the late Cyrus Mistry who was for a while Tata group Chairman. So the control stays within the two families.

[@jantjarks7946]

@@Punch8721 Thanks! 🙂

[@tunasalad3919]

I am really waiting for [ Dallas -> Hyderabad and Atlanta -> Hyderabad ] routes. There is so much potential for these routes given the huge south Indian diaspora presence around these areas. Wish AI will have something for these routes soon. Ever since British Airways has gotten too expensive since the Ukrain-Russia war, there are no one stop services in these routes. Now only services available for us is to fly through Mumbai and that adds an extra stop and we have to re-check-in our luggage into Indigo(code share partner) and that is pain in the bottom to go through those long check-in lines. Not to mention the layover.

[@yogappravin3361]

Dallas to delhi will be announced in near future with a connectivity to hyderabad in delhi so u have to connect from delhi

[@hishamniyazi3224]

@@yogappravin3361 public-prd-dgca.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/InventoryList/airOperation/certification/scheduled/domestic/2024/Air%20India%20Ltd-INT.pdf This schedule on pages four and five lists DFW and LAX for Winter schedule, according to Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

[@SFAvgeek]

None of those routes will happen. The only direct flight to Hyderabad in the future will most likely be New York, San Francisco, or Los Angeles.

[@MarceloTrindade1]

If the traveler receives at least a reasonable inflight service, a direct flight will always be better than a flight with a connection.

[@Wheninflight]

I'm happy to see the rapid growth of the Indian aviation industry as an avgeek. I personally would rather wait a short time for them to work out any issues with cabin service and layouts, but feel good for their future.

[@jspillai1869]

Air India might get customers who want to fly to Delhi from Dallas but most of those in Southern India will not prefer to get their customs and immigration done in Delhi. I would rather fly one hope via Europe directly to Chennai.

[@jasonrobinson9001]

Always would prefer o fly direct. The Arabic carriers give great inflight service though and have excellent machines and infrastructure. However If I could get an A350 direct I would run the risk of the service level drop to save the extra hours in transit.

[@kunaljain94]

There are plenty of other major cities from which air india can start flights to international destinations from. Ahmedabad, Surat etc. if air india can provide direct flights from these cities to international destinations, the middle eastern carriers will see their demand from india dry up. Infact geographically india is very close to middle east and can become a hub like emirates or etihad. Air india has a lot of potential, to dominate regionally and to become a hub like dubai or qatar. Very excited for the coming years

[@EliteSnake]

Personally I think this is the best Air India has looked in years, their potential is high, it’s just a matter of them not fumbling what they are building if air india can improve their on board product, I think they have a really good chance. But the air india I remember I would’ve avoid at ALL costs. We exclusively flew with them till like 2012 and after that we have only used Etihad, Emirates and Qatar airways for US-India routes

[@Tina-d8f]

Good luck Air India.

[@patmclaughlin107]

I would love to fly direct to India. I think there are multiple markets in the US and India to keep direct flights busy.

[@schnitzelsemmel]

I think many people would be willing to give Air India a go if the soft product were stellar and distinctive, both point-to-point passsengers that would like to not have to transfer in Dubai/Qatar, but also passengers who are connecting anyways, f.ex. from London to Australia. They should ramp up their IFE as well as their meal service and offer something other airlines don't.

[@saswatdas4843]

Direct and non stop with Air India

[@viddbeav]

Just flew Air India's A350 yesterday and it was awesome! There inflight service has improved by leaps and bound. Air India always got bad publicity cause the previous govt fckd up that air line. Even their customer support is better now. Once Air India improves on the support system when there are disruptions it will achieve the perfection it desires. If things continue the way they are going, I believe it will be my airline of choice going forward

[@LovingAllll]

Absolutely love the new Air India especially their newer aircrafts..the inflight service has gotten better significantly...Amazing ❤

[@sathishvijayan2160]

Most people flying to India have to make connections through Delhi or Mumbai anyway. At that point, I might as well take a Middle Eastern carrier because it’s also just one stop before I go to Kochi, Trivandrum or Madras. Indigo has a lot partnership with Middle Eastern carriers. So from Doha, you can easily access multiple Indian cities and bypass the chaos of Delhi and Mumbai airports. Air India needs to open more direct flights to these other big Indian cities and have airport hubs that are more friendly and seamless.

[@SFAvgeek]

Tbh, if you aren’t from the major 3 cities, air India isn’t really a good choice, and emirates is the best as they fly to a lot of places in India.

[@rudraganesh]

Will be happy to fly Air India if they have a Sydney Mumbai direct flight.

[@jantjarks7946]

I'm curious about Air India and its aim to transform itself. ME carriers facing another upcoming competitor? It will be interesting to see how the transformation will work out.

[@kennedyspace1159]

I live in delhi so i have excellent interantional connectivity and ofc ill take direct flights to my destination but say i want to go a destination outside of the direct network or maybe iam someone from a smaller city then sure id prefer middle east hubs ofc all this also depends on the prices n time of flights But id say if iam travelling business class then sure a long non stop flight is nice, but in economy id prefer a 2-3hr layover at a hub (enjoy the airport, thierfood etc)

[@purukamna]

I will prefer to fly to India from USA non stop

[@ramdixit8080]

I would like to prefer to directly fly from US to India, and looking for direct flights from Chicago, DALLAS, SFO and New York TO HYDERABAD but not to Delhi or Bombay, I wish they could arrange these flights

[@unedited159]

Any day would go for direct flight instead of connecting if pricing is competative

[@bharadwajr3430]

Few weeks back had to got to Europe. I chose Emirates over Air India for the reason that there were no direct flights to and from my city.

[@The_Unknown_Smiley]

Which city bro?

[@bharadwajr3430]

Bengaluru

[@SFAvgeek]

@@bharadwajr3430there are direct flights from sfo, but trust me, emirates a380 to Bangalore is way better than AI.

[@nailedchrist]

This is bad news for ME carriers

[@JingJao]

bad news for canada. canada doesnt want more indians

[@longhornfinch]

Air India is working hard but they have a long way to go be called acceptable and a really long way to compete with the best. Current situation is a mess. Hard Product aside, service and food are very mixed bag right now. it is acceptable to be optimistic about the airline if the service improved. Improve service and food quality first, I beg you air India.

[@hrysivjt67]

Air India should buy as many a380s as they can, because those might some of the only highest-capacity planes available for a long time with the troubles 777x is having.

[@kahsjdkahddf1258]

they dont make a380s anymore

[@eamonahern7495]

An ad for Qatar Airways played when this video finished. 😆

[@shantharamamoorthy2647]

Why not Air-India should consider the Philadelphia international Airport, as sufficient indian population lives here. Normally, they go either to Newark or Newyork international Airport for their home journey,mostly,as Qatar did switch with American Airlines, which one is happy by their sudden changes of aircraft, which it inconvenience most of the traveller,and food is not palatable for most of Old citizens of India, who visit US almost during summer schedule. Therefore, Air India should consider this direct flight to southern states,such as Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore.

[@dwelve-dare]

I would prefer having a stop over. Given the difference in price is not upwards of 170 USD with middle eastern careers

[@ciddivinaychandkottapalli]

Lot of tier 2 cities people have to travel additional day if they take middle east carriers, if AIr India has direct flights from Delhi/Mumbai to major cities internationally, I would prefer AI as it will remove 24 hours of travel and having 2 stops.

[@huskerredskin7253]

No Direct flight to Bengaluru from the East Coast is a disadvantage compared to Emirates and Qatar.

[@akshatchhaya6121]

I would say a direct flight would be awesome and that too with home carier but the problem right now is Air India's service and in-flight cabin. The planes have years old cabins, broken infotainment and so on. Also crew is quite inexperienced and rather jittery at times. Whereas I flew emirates and my god, what a service they offer, nice cabin, great crew and awesome delicious food definetly flying emirates untill air india gets new planes

[@anujmalik512]

The condition of old beaten up air crafts on Delhi-Toronto sector being operated by Air India is terrible. Around 70% of entertainment systems not working, old worn out & torn seats, planes falling apart. Air India is giving itself & it's partner "Singapore Airlines" a Bad name by continuing to operate such aircrafts. They charge for all the services but do not provide basic services like functional entertainment systems. The reason that they are going to change to newer aircrafts soon does not give them an excuse to operate such, old & beaten up aircrafts. They should be refunding money to people for the inconvenience caused.

[@Brezbs]

0:36 yk what else is massive

[@Brezbs]

Lowwww taperrr fadeeee

[@shakesnbake]

The service needs to match the new products and be consistently good, if it's to steal sales aqay from Emirates/Qatar airways

[@Sanjay9442]

fly direct nonstop saves time, lots of time. 16 hrs vs 24 plus hours

[@srinathramanathan49]

Air India 🇮🇳 is my choice

[@hanj31]

Why Dallas it should fly to Houston since its a united hub and Air India is a fellow Star Alliance member

[@SFAvgeek]

Agreed.

[@JeyaFRCS]

direct flight provided the in flight service is acceptable

[@mayankshukla1599]

Still no direct flight to spain

[@Reddy315]

Direct, nonstop Air India flights from across USA to deeper Indian cities need to be offered, it's high time we are entering 2025...ex: Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Bangalore, Kochi, Indore, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Nagpur, Lucknow, Jaipur/Agra; etc.

[@SFAvgeek]

There isn’t enough demand. Even HYD barely falls behind the 100k annual pax demand.

[@malvinuku7878]

Big potential for AI to be in Manchester

[@Zaheed-ip8mp]

Air India should definitely consider flying to Orlando international airport as there is a huge Indian diaspora there so Air India should focus on Florida as well.

[@empatil9335]

I will absolutely start flying air India… no more Middle East airlines… especially Qatar

[@IndianTechTip]

They can’t compete until they fix their cabin quality issues and service quality.

[@OnlyDiscover]

Yhea yhea people like you , who are government mindset has destroyed Air India. Now its Properly being Structured and runned with great efficiency and best services right now..... Don't come like politics and teach how they have to run....TATA Company knows how to fix AirIndia they are the best to and original owner of Air India

[@IndianTechTip]

@ Who hurt you? I’m just talking about my experience on their flights. As an Indian, I want to see the national airline succeed but that won’t happen until the basic requirements are in place. Also no one destroyed air India but themselves with their service standards.

[@OnlyDiscover]

@@IndianTechTip then have some patience, and trust TATA.....don't act like indian politicians who are brainless in this world

[@IndianTechTip]

@ bro chill out I know things can take time. I’m just stating the issues. Don’t show your anger at random people in the internet.

[@MrKumail123]

@@OnlyDiscoverdude chill. Don’t be emotional thinker rather be rational thinker. Let them fix and see how they will do. Problem with Indians is that only 1% travel internationally and rest 99% keep thumping there chest unnecessary.

[@d2c9416]

There will be tremendous competition from Emirates and Qatar as they have connectivity to many cities in India thru hubs in Dubai and Doha - from many cities in US. Either they themselves fly or with partner carriers. Example one can travel from Philadelphia to Doha continuing to India which Air India doesn't offer. Traveling on Air India to Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune require a connection with a layover in Delhi or Mumbai similar to what the middle eastern carriers are offering. Sometimes the connection via Delhi or Mumbai require an overnight stay which could be quite tiring. However what is interesting is Emirates used to offer a direct flight to Dubai and then to different cities in India from Newark earlier - now that United is flying to Dubai Emirates has stopped the direct flight and now it stops in Athens !!

[@Oceansta]

Campbell Wilson is nowhere to be seen whenever serious customer complaints are being made. We only ever hear from the CEO when there is some positive news like new aircraft acquisitions etc. Poor leadership - takes all the credit and none of the blame. AI themselves have made only superficial changes such as new livery and designer uniforms but the customer experience is still piss-poor. Its been 3 years now since Tata took over Air India still no signs of a real turnaround,. If it were me, i'd fire the CEO immediately.

[@Voraciousvoyager]

South Indians don’t prefer air India for the fact that - they have to recheck in bags in Delhi -bad experience in Delhi immigration

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

what has this got to do with south india? this will be the case for anyone who doesn't have a direct connection from their city..

[@Voraciousvoyager]

@ agree , but I was talking about majority

[@jspillai1869]

Heard lots of bad stories about immigration in Delhi, I rather fly to London from Dallas and on wards to Chennai.

[@Voraciousvoyager]

@ Dallas to south India has the mighty ME3 airline options . They are far better

[@user-fx2oo3bi9c]

Now airindia will operate in russia.

[@ranjitsumati27]

"..............Plan To Compete In The US Market.............." THAT is what drawing the biggest coordinated CONSPIRACY against Air India (since US simply does not Air India to compete and succeed with it's ambitious and adventures plan. Unfortunately the joint conspirators are not only U. S. Airline/s but even the Indian Aviation Ministry/minster (ex Indian Aviation Minister/P Patel was example) which is induced/influenced by US (kickback may well be), Hoax messages of bomb threats against Air India, the Aircraft supplier BOEING of US (creating deliberate hurdles in Delivering New Aircrafts on time as ordered and also spares for other fleet), even US airport/control authorities on and off hinderances against Air India's flights in and out of U. S. airports. Questions are: What is this Foreign origin CEO Campbell is doing about all these problems cropping up against Air India, especially on US/India routes with evasive answers and excuses when interviewed recently about all the ongoing problems with little if any improvement since takeover? Why Air India was compelled to buy even any new Air Craft from BOEING rather than even all of them from AIR BUS? Why resulting from breach of contract order with extensively late deliveries of Air Craft and feet dragging on spares the orders with BOEING cannot be CANCELLED with demand for huge damages to Air India? Why Air India cannot ask/tell Indian Aviation Ministry about what is happening and may ask even to take up matters with US authorities about route and other operating issues to and from US other compared to US airlines? If there really was DUE DELIGENCE process done before and during takeover, these problems of significantly old, damage and inadequately maintained Aircraft Fleet should have been addressed as anticipated rather than waiting for this almost two years into making now? WHAT IS GOING ON INDIA/NS................?

[@TheAntoine48]

Veg or Non Veg powered!!

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

ufortunately they will never serve the most exciting indian cuisine. Singapore and the ME carriers will always do it better

[@lontongstroong]

Veg or Non Veg? No, Lakh and Crore

[@Travel-With-David]

If I was ever going to India I’d much rather any other carrier besides AI

[@dogukantosun5547]

Does Air India do anything to improve the hygiene of their airplanes?

[@rollsroyce4249]

You should do little research about the Tata group before commenting.

[@dogukantosun5547]

@rollsroyce4249 Did they improve something regarding hygiene or was my recent flight with Air India an exception?

[@SFAvgeek]

@@rollsroyce4249sir, you do some research. May I provide you with the link of Simply Aviations air India 747 review, with dust all over the aircraft?

[@Mchannnel]

It’s cool to see Air India getting upgraded but they need to improve their hygiene over all because I’ve heard that the planes are pretty dirty, even the newer ones

[@ihmpall]

SAR VEG OR NAN VEG

[@shrutshah7]

USE THE CORRECT INDIAN MAP!!!!

[@jspillai1869]

If Air India wants all the folks to fly from Dallas to Delhi or Mumbai and then onwards, Good luck. Most people prefer to do their immigration and customs and the final point of location. I would rather fly one hop via London or Frankfurt to Chennai. No one want the hazzle of the bad service at Delhi and Mumbai.