New winged beauties are calling on the Bangalore International Airport. After having received the longest civilian aircraft, the Boeing 747-8, that was operated by Lufthansa to Bangalore from Frankfurt on Wednesday, it is the time for the BIA to receive another latest offering from the Boeing stable.
The most-talked civilian aircraft in the Indian aviation circles in the recent times, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which joined the Air India fleet recently, will touch down at the BIA for the first time on September 19.
The brand new 256-seater Dreamliner in vibrant red and orange Air India colours will fly into the BIA from New Delhi at 7.10 p.m. Air India will take the honour as the first airline to land and take-off this most modern aircraft from Garden City, a release said.
Incidentally, Air India was the first airline to land and take off from the new green field airport (BIA) at Devanhalli in 2008.
The release said that the arrival of Dreamliner aircraft into Bangalore will give a fillip to the burgeoning domestic aviation sector in India, amid the auspicious Ganesh Chaturthi being celebrated across the country on September 19.
This aircraft is the first of the 27 Dreamliners that Air India plans to induct into its fleet, it added.
On the aircraft, the release said, the cabin has less noise, the air is cleaner due to the inclusion of high-efficiency particulate air filter, and windows are 60 per cent larger.
The aircraft is configured to accommodate 256 seats, including 18 full flat business class seats and 238 economy class seats.
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