Airlines

Air India Express Upgrades In-Flight Dining With New Gourmair Menu

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The launch of Gourmair, an in-flight dining brand with a variety of meals and snacks to suit various culinary preferences, has been announced by Air India Express (AIXL). Starting on June 22, 2023, customers of Air India Express will be able to reserve Gourmair hot meals on the co-branded website airindiexpress.com.

Additionally, the company offers a wide variety of meals for different dietary preferences, including vegetarian, pescatarian, vegan, Jain, non-vegetarian, and eggetarian options.

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Air India Express has teamed up with the chefs of renowned flight kitchens in Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and India to further improve the dining experience. Additionally, it goes above and beyond to ensure that every meal provided on board meets or exceeds the highest standards of cleanliness, quality, and flavour.

Through the unified user interface on airindiaexpress.com, passengers may pre-book their meals 12 hours before their domestic flight takes off and 24 hours before their international journey takes off. In order to give guests the choice to enhance their dining experience, complimentary snack boxes will be replaced with a longer buy-on-board menu with the launch of Gourmair.

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Each meal is prepared with the highest standards of hygiene and quality, an ethos of environmental and social responsibility, and a desire to set new standards in dining, in collaboration with the chefs of TajSATS, where a century of hospitality know-how meets decades of aviation acumen.

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S7 Group Begins Fan Blade Production for Western Engine Models

The privately-owned Russian aerospace giant S7 Group has reportedly commenced production of blades for Western-built aero engines at its subsidiary, the Berdsk Electromechanical Plant (BEMZ), located in Novosibirsk.

This development, reported by the Russian aviation publication ATO.ru, marks a significant step for the company amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.BEMZ has started manufacturing composite fan blades compatible with jet turbine engines, including the CFM International CFM56, which powers popular aircraft like the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 family.

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The technology for restoring blades of gas turbine engines used in Airbus and Boeing aircraft was previously developed by the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and is now being implemented in the production of new aircraft parts at BEMZ.

Currently, BEMZ focuses on producing parts essential for maintaining the airworthiness of civil aircraft. Over the past year and a half, the plant has manufactured approximately 3,500 structural elements and components for replacement on foreign aircraft, which are utilized by airlines such as S7 Airlines, Pobeda, Aurora, and Aeroflot.

The facility is undergoing expansion, with two stages of an investment program totaling 2 billion roubles already completed. These developments are likely geared toward producing blades for the CFM56 engines, which equip more than half of S7’s operational fleet, including 28 Airbus A320-family aircraft and 19 Boeing 737-800s.

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Vasily Yurchenko, CEO of Berdsk Electromechanical Plant, emphasized the shift in focus towards maintaining the airworthiness of the Western-made fleet. The plant has delivered thousands of components to S7 and other Russian carriers since 2022. Notably, according to Russia’s Air Operators Association, 89% of the country’s passengers in 2023 traveled aboard foreign-made aircraft.

Future plans include serious investments to transform the plant into a modern, high-tech aircraft manufacturing facility. In addition to engine blades, BEMZ is also known for producing various spare parts for aircraft, reinforcing its role in the Russian aviation industry as it adapts to new manufacturing needs.