Air India CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said the airline plans to order more widebody aircraft from Airbus and Boeing to expand its international network and compete with foreign carriers.
Gebremariam spoke at the Aviation India and South Asia 2026 conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. "We want to increase our order on widebody more," he said, noting that Air India has been "punching below its weight in the market."
Air India currently holds 600 aircraft on firm order, with 80 widebodies among them. Gebremariam said the carrier must place orders years in advance to have capacity ready when demand materializes. He added that Air India's international ambitions require more capacity than the airline currently has committed.
The airline is also reconsidering its hub strategy, though details on that shift remain incomplete in available reporting.