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4mo ago

Air India’s ‘Forgotten’ 737 Cleared From Kolkata After 13 Years, ₹1-Crore Parking Bill

The airline’s chief says the decommissioned jet slipped from asset records following past restructurings.

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Overview

  • The 43-year-old Boeing 737, registered VT-EHH, was decommissioned in 2012 and left on a taxiway at Kolkata Airport.
  • Airport authorities removed the aircraft on November 14 and it has been moved to Bengaluru to train maintenance engineers.
  • Air India CEO Campbell Wilson acknowledged in an internal memo that the company had no memory of the airframe.
  • Reporting estimates roughly ₹1 crore in parking fees accrued while the jet sat idle over 13 years.
  • Kolkata Airport says it has cleared 14 abandoned or decommissioned aircraft in the past five years to free tarmac space.