I flew on Air India’s new A350-900 inaugural flight from Mumbai to Chennai. This aircraft features the new Air India livery and is the first of 470 planes on order, worth $70 billion. The Business Class cabin includes 28 fully enclosed private suites,

Air India is in talks with U.S. planemaker Boeing to acquire around 10 737 MAX jets after Chinese customers started rejecting deliveries amid a trade war with the United States, two people familiar with the discussions told Reuters.

Air India on Thursday announced that flights to or from North America, UK, Europe and Middle East will take alternative extended route as Pakistan closed its airspace to counter India’s measures over terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.