{"id":30463,"date":"2023-10-05T14:07:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T19:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=30463"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:41:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:41:58","slug":"air-india-premium-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/air-india-premium-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India\u2019s B777-200LR with Premium Economy is Beautiful Aircraft with Impeccable Service on Major US-India Routes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week Michelin-star celebrity chef Vikas Khanna travelled on one of the business class flights from New York to Mumbai and tweeted, \u201cPossibly, one of the most beautiful aircraft I have flown in<\/strong>. And impeccable service\u2026..Yes, this is Air India.\u201d His video providing a glimpse of the business class cabin that appears like a blue lagoon floating in the sky has gone viral. Since then, we have noticed a surge in traffic to the website of Indian Eagle Travel<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 for Air India flight tickets to India from USA.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The aforementioned business class cabin is, in fact, a Delta One suite on five B777-200LRs that Air India has leased from Delta Airlines for nonstop flights from USA to Bengaluru<\/a>,<\/span> Mumbai, and New Delhi. Three of the 5 B777-200LRs were inducted into the Air India fleet for an upgrade to inflight experience, before the Tata Group\u2019s $70bn aircraft deal<\/a><\/span> with Boeing and Airbus took off in February 2023.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Delta Airlines got its ten B777-200LRs lavishly refurbished for $100 million in 2019, but the pandemic grounded the fleet.<\/strong> Besides, the Russian airspace restrictions to American carriers including Delta \u2013 which proved to be a blessing in disguise for Air India \u2013 curtailed Delta operations on some long-haul routes. The Tata airline retained the Delta cabin products except the logo on the leased aircraft. An ex-Delta B777-200LR has 28 Delta One suites (business class), 48 Premium Select seats (premium economy), and 220 Economy seats.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: Delta Airlines<\/p><\/div>\n

Those among our customers, who recently travelled on SFO to BLR, BOM to SFO, and NYC to Mumbai flights<\/a><\/span> by Air India, loved the blue-hued seats<\/strong> and quality amenities aboard the leased aircraft. They found the blue upholstery not only soothing but better than the yellow-red ones on the other aircraft in the fleet of Air India. The ex-Delta B777-200LRs have Panasonic Avionics Inflight Entertainment screens installed in all cabins. The Economy travel cabin is roomy and has seats laid out in a 3-3-3 configuration. The leased aircraft has 18.5-inch-wide Economy seats.<\/p>\n

USA to India routes with Air India\u2019s B777-200LRs and brand new Premium Economy<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The ex-Delta Premium Select is, currently, Air India\u2019s Premium Economy with 48 roomier seats, each with 19-inch width. The booking of Air India\u2019s Premium Economy tickets had opened first for nonstop flights between SFO and Mumbai<\/a><\/span>, NY JFK and Mumbai, and SFO to Bengaluru nonstop travel starting from mid-May 2023. Now Air India will put a B777-200LR with Premium Economy seats into service for nonstop Delhi to San Francisco flights<\/a><\/span> starting from October 17, 2023.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

IndianEagle.com has the best Premium Economy flight deals including Air India\u2019s for your much-awaited travel on the above routes during the Christmas holiday season. Indian Eagle<\/a><\/span> is a most trusted travel-booking partner with dedicated multichannel customer support for Indian Diaspora in the USA. If you have any concern or need assistance with booking your tickets, you can call the helpline 1-800-615-3969.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Flight #2 of 2023
\nSector: Mumbai – New York JFK
\nAircraft: Boeing 777-200LR
\nAirline: @airindiain<\/a>
\nClass : Premium Economy
\nSuper comfy seat, Modern IFE, food at par with domestic business, finest of liquors, noise cancelling headphones, Tumi amenity kit.
\nRating: 10\/10 pic.twitter.com\/ow580biGH3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Siddhartha ✈️ (@Sidd_MCFC) March 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Air India’s inflight services in Premium Economy