Air India also has three other wide body planes. Medium wide body aircraft -- A350-900 and B787-9 -- that have 300-325 seats -- and small wide body plane -- B787-8 having 250-300 seats.

The deliberations involve 30 to 40 aircraft split between the Airbus A350 ... of smaller workhorse narrowbody jets from fast-growing airlines like India's largest carrier IndiGo. Air India's ...