Air India Boeing 787-8 VT-AND the first "dreamliner" to visit Birmingham on Thursday 1 August 2013

Air India Boeing 787-8 "dreamliner" VT-AND was an early evening arrival.... Photo: Ron Kosys

....operating their inaugural flight from Amritsar via Delhi Photo: Robert Jones

.... the first Being 787 "dreamliner" to land at Birmingham Airport

.... touching down on Runway 15

The aircraft rolled passed the Elmdon site.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... and Birmingham Airport's new Air traffic Control Tower

The "dreamliner" then turned onto Taxiway Charlie....

.... to receive a water cannon salute from Birmingham Airport's

.... new "Striker" Fire fighting vehicles Photos: Laurence Jones

From the other side the salute was a little wetter! - with a strong southerly wind you can see
the wall of water already moving across the apron and the awaiting crowd had a good soaking!

Air India Boeing 787-8 "dreamliner" parked on Stand 42C.... Photo: Mike Hollick

.... at the end of the International Pier

Now the aircraft is on stand Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport, leads out the VIP's....

.... with the cake cutting being performed by Sir Albert Bore, Leader of Birmingham City Council,
Rohit Nandan, Chairman of Air India, and Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport

    

The cake!

All this took place at the rear of the aircraft as the baggage was unloaded

Meanwhile the "Dholl Blasters" provided musical entertainment....

.... and certainly kept the media occupied!

No point having "787" painted on the stand if you don't have a "dreamliner" to park on it!

Time now to have a look on board the Boeing 787 "dreamliner"....

.... the cockpit

Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport is interviewed about the new Air India service
and other developments at the airport by Derek Pedley of airteamimages.com ....

.... in the spacious Business Class section of the aircraft

All Economy passengers have a seat back video entertainment system

Time to say goodbye - the return flight was checking in....

.... the inaugural service back to Delhi and onto Amritsar

A big well done and thank you to the team from Birmingham Airport
for organising another very successful launch event!!

Thursday 1 August 2013

Air India Boeing 787 "dreamliner" operates inaugural flight from Amritsar and Delhi to Birmingham

Sir Albert Bore, Leader of Birmingham City Council, Rohit Nandan, Chairman of Air India, and Paul Kehoe,
CEO of Birmingham Airport, celebrating Air India’s inaugural "dreamliner" flight from Amritsar and Delhi

Birmingham Airport welcomed Air India’s Boeing 787-8 "dreamliner" last night, 
Thursday 1 August 2013, as it operated its inaugural service from Amritsar and Delhi

The new service now operates four times weekly each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, arriving from Amritsar and Delhi into Birmingham at 1800 hours and departing
to Delhi and Amritsar from Birmingham at 2130 hours

    

The inaugural flight received a water canon salute on arrival Photo: Mike Hollick

 Welcoming the inaugural flight, the Airport’s CEO, Paul Kehoe, said, "We are delighted to
welcome this new service into Birmingham and to now offer regular scheduled services
to Delhi and Amritsar on the fantastic "dreamliner" aircraft. Air India has responded to
the enormous demand that lies in our catchment and we thank all the support received
from the City, and indeed the region, to secure these direct flights"

The Chairman of Air India, Rohit Nandan, flew in on the inaugural service and was
welcomed by a delegation of Midlands’ VIPs, including Sir Albert Bore, the Leader of
Birmingham City Council and Mr Sri VS Ramalingam, the Consul General for India

Commenting on the special occasion, Sir Albert Bore, Leader of Birmingham City Council,
said: "Birmingham has a proud reputation as a diverse city, with residents from the wider
Indian subcontinent the fastest growing group, according to the 2011 census. It makes a
great deal of sense for there to be a direct flight between Delhi and Birmingham, rather
than just London, and so I am delighted to welcome the start of this new service”

    

 The 256 seat B787-8 series aircraft has a split cabin, consisting of 18 Business Class

and 238 Economy Seats.  Birmingham is only the second UK airport to operate

dedicated Boeing 787 scheduled services. Bookings can be made via -

www.airindia.com

 Air India schedule at Birmingham from Thursday 1 August 2013

1800/2130 AI113/114 Boeing 787 "dreamliner" from/to Amritsar via Delhi
- operates Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
 

Friday 2 August 2013

Air India Boeing 787-8 "dreamliner" VT-AND operating inaugural flight from Amritsar via Delhi to Birmingham

Air India Boeing 787-8 dreamliner VT-AND operating inaugural flight to Birmingham

The inaugural Air India flight from Amritsar via Delhi is now en-route to Birmingham
- schedule time of arrival is 1800 on Thursday 1 August 2013

The flight departs back to Delhi and Amritsar at 2130 and will now operate each
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday - see below for the weekly schedule

The aircraft is planned to park on Stand 42C and should receive a water canon salute on arrival

  

Air India schedule at Birmingham from Thursday 1 August 2013

1800/2130 AI113/114 Boeing 787 dreamliner from/to Amritsar via Delhi
- operates Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

Thursday 1 August 2013

Air India to launch Delhi to Birmingham Airport service using their Boeing 787 "dreamliners"!!

 Air India and Birmingham Airport are delighted to announce that from Thursday

1 August 2013 flights between Delhi and Birmingham Airport and Delhi will operate

four times weekly, using the new Boeing 787-8 "dreamliner" aircraft

Flights will operate each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, arriving from

Delhi into Birmingham at 1800 and departing to Delhi from Birmingham at 2130

Martyn Lloyd, Commercial Director of Birmingham Airport, explained, "This is
fantastic news for our region and we're delighted that Air India has recognised

the strong demand that lies in our catchment and will be operating the new

Boeing 787-8 "dreamliner" aircraft on the route"

"There's been significant support from the City, and indeed the region, for a direct

service to India and we're pleased to see that direct flights are now available on

a brand new aircraft which will give passengers a fantastic experience. We also

thank everyone involved who has worked tirelessly to make this happen,

particularly our Brand Ambassador for Asian Markets, Uday Dholakia"

Sir Albert Bore, Leader of Birmingham City Council, said: "Birmingham has a proud

reputation as a diverse city, with residents from the wider Indian subcontinent the

fastest growing group, according to the 2011 census. It makes a great deal of sense

for there to be a direct flight between Delhi and Birmingham, rather than just

London, and so I am delighted that Air India will be operating flights to India from

Birmingham from 1 August 2013. I am sure the service will also be welcomed by

the Midlands' business and leisure community"

The Boeing 787 "dreamliner" is a long-range, mid-size wide-body, twin-engine
jet airliner which entered into commercial service in October last year. The

256 seat Boeing 787-8 aircraft operated by Air India has a split cabin, consisting

of 18 business class and 238 economy seats. Boeing states that it is the company's

most fuel-efficient airliner and the world's first major airliner to use composite

materials as the primary material in the construction of its airframe

Tickets are now on sale at -

www.airindia.com 

Air India schedule at Birmingham from Thursday 1 August 2013

1800/2130 AI113/114 788 from/to Delhi
- operates Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
  

Wednesday 3 July 2013