Fixing the fleet: Air India taps Singapore Airlines for best practices, retrofitting of legacy aircraft picks up after Ahmedabad crash

Air India partners with Singapore Airlines to enhance aircraft reliability. The airline will retrofit its wide-body and narrow-body fleets. The first upgraded Boeing 787-8 is expected by December. All legacy 787-8s will be retrofitted by June 2027. Older A320 neo upgrades will be completed by September 2025. Air India is also refreshing its legacy 777s.