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New Airbus A321-Neo joins Air India fleet, to fly on domestic routes
It is reported that the new A321-Neo was among three such aircraft which
had been manufacturted originally for Russian airlines but delivery was held up
because of the Western sanctions on Moscow in view of its invasion of
Ukraine. The other two are also expected to join Air India soon.
NEW DELHI, March 29: Air India has received its first A321neo. It flew in to
the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi from Hamburg on
Saturday. The new arrival has CFM LEAP 1A engines.
This forms the first aircraft of a mega order Air India had placed with Airbus
and Boeing last month.
The aircraft is registered as VT-RTD. It flew non-stop 7 hours and 55 minutes
from Hamburg.
"We're thrilled to welcome our Airbus A321 Neo (VT-RTD). We look forward to
welcoming you onboard!," Air India tweeted.
"This is the 1st A321neo (fitted with CFM LEAP 1A engines) type of aircraft
to be inducted by AI," it said.
The narrow body Airbus will fly on the domestic routes.
The A321 Neo (VT-RTD) is one of three A321neos joining the fleet soon. The
other two will be registered VT-RTB and VT-RTC. It is reported that these three
were meant for Russian airlines but because of the Western sanctions on Russia
in view of its invasion of Ukraine, the delivery was held up.
Tata Group-owned Air India has inducted its first Airbus A321neo. The aircraft
registered as VT-RTD took off from Hamburg, Germany on Saturday for IGIA, New
Delhi. (The French Airbus manufacturer's final assembly of the A320s aircraft
takes place in the Hamburg unit in Germany.) This is for the first time that
Air India has received delivery of a single-aisle airliner after its acquisition
by Tata Group.
"All set to welcome the newest entrant to our AI Family- Airbus A321 Neo (VT-RTD).
It’s taken off from Hamburg & we can’t wait to see her land here! This is the
1st A321 Neo (fitted with CFM LEAP 1A Engines) type of aircraft to be inducted
by AI," the carrier had tweeted.
A321neo has a seating capacity of 180 to 220 passengers in a two-class layout,
and 244 in a higher-density arrangement while A320neo seats 140 to 180 passengers.
Air India is acquiring 250 Airbus aircraft. In mega orders placed last month
with Boeing and Airbus manufacturers, Air India is buying 470 planes worth over
$80 billion. Of these, 250 planes will be Airbus that includes 140 A320neo and
70 A321neo single-aisle aircraft as well as 34 A350-1000 and six A350-900 wide-body
jets while 220 planes will come from Boeing, 190 of them 737 Max, 20 Dreamliner
787-9s and 10 777s. Airbus 350 and Boeing 777-9 are widebody for long haul.
The deal has an option to buy 370 more planes from the aviation majors in the
next decade. Air India's current fleet has over 100 planes comprising of Airbus
A319, A320, A320 neo, A321 as well as Boeing 777 and Boeing 787.
WHAT TO DO, WHEN... : IndiaTravelTimes does not guarantee the
authenticity of the video (above) of the episode of the flight turbulence at
Durgapur airport on May 1, yet this is being put out with a view to
familiarising the ordinary fliers with such probabilities lest they are
caught unawares and fail to react rationally to handle such terrible
situations. The 'eternity' can last up to 15 minutes. Tighten your belts,
believe in your pilot and shift your thoughts to reduce disabling anxieties!
Rest assured, the aircraft can rock and fall but not more than a hundred
feet anyway.
During the event, nearly 50 other people, including bull tamers and spectators,
were also injured. Jallikattu is a bull-taming sport, which has been part of the
festival of Pongal in Tamil Nadu.
Whole localities are sent into quarantine in China using force if someone is
symptomatic of covid. The quarantines are metal boxes set up in far away
camps. The authoritarian regime is resorting to draconian methods to check a
new wave of the epidemic in the country that has already locked down three
cities currently. On the other hand, the US presents a contrasting scenario
where in the name freedom large sections of people refuse vaccination and
assault health workers who mandate the covid restrictions.
Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson, who opened a new chapter in
space age last month by launching the first manned private flight
to the edge of space, flying in his own spaceplane, has
invited everyone to join his expedition of space travel and
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Can we ask the vaccinator, "Do you pull back the plunger and
then push the vaccine? Do you Aspirate?" When the vaccination
for covid started there were reports of worrisome incidents of
adverse events post immunisation, the serious complaints being
non-specific blood clots. These related to viral vector vaccines of
human and non-human source: AstraZeneca and Janssen. How
did it happen. There are various views. But here is a suggestion
how simply it can be prevented.
Marking a fierce but interesting competition among the
billionaires, adventure specialist Richard Branson launched
commercial space travel from his 'Spaceport America' on Sunday,
pipping the world's richest man, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, to the
post, becoming the early bird to fly to the edge of space as the
first private space tourist nine days earlier than his rival.
Although he did not cross the Karman line.
President Biden has signed the Juneteenth National
Independence Day Bill making June 19 a federal public holiday to
commemorate the symbolic end of chattel slavery in the US.
The Mars rover, a six-wheeled, SUV-sized robotic vehicle, sailed
through space for seven months to land on a prime spot for geo-biological study of the red planet for signs of ancient extraterrestrial life. It takes radio waves 11 minutes to reach Earth. (Listen to:- DAVID BOWIE: Life
On Mars?:)
While the rationalists debunk the episode as a ploy to make up for
the losses in offerings during the corona lockdown, the believers
stick to their claim, they have seen it after all! The claim of
Shankaralinga temple resembles the miracle of Ganesha drinking
milk in Delhi way back in 1995. Although they belong to two
different branches of science.
After his reappearance, Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares went up
by 8.5%. The Chinese billionaire made his public appearance on
Wednesday. (SEE Video: Davos 2015 - An Insight An Idea with
Jack Ma - A conversation with Jack Ma, Founder and the then Executive
Chairman of Alibaba Group, on leadership, entrepreneurship and
the future of commerce: Interviewed by Charlie Rose, Anchor, CBS
News, USA)
A pair of socks gifted to her by her niece displayed on her legs has done
the job for Gumball Poodle. The demand for 'Future is Female' is
skyrocketing indeed. What more could one ask for?