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Fifth Long Range plane for AI

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NEW DELHI: Public sector carrier Air India on Wednesday said it had received its fifth Boeing 777-200 Long Range aircraft, which would be deployed for ongoing non-stop services to the United States from New Delhi and Mumbai.

As part of its policy of naming the Boeing 777 fleet after States, the new aircraft has been christened ‘Haryana.’ The four aircraft received earlier have been named Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Gujarat, and deployed to operate non-stop services between Mumbai and New York, and Delhi and New York.

The aircraft was delivered to Air India at the Boeing headquarters in Seattle, an Air India spokesperson said, adding that the B777-200LRs are equipped with all modern passenger amenities such as flat beds in First and Executive Class and state-of-the-art inflight entertainment system offering a wide choice of programmes.

A unique feature is a nose wheel camera that allows a passenger to see the aircraft taxiing and taking off while sitting inside the plane. The 238-seater aircraft will have eight seats in First Class, 35 in Executive Class and 195 in Economy Class.

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