Overview
- Air India verified ownership of Boeing 737-200 VT-EHH and completed its sale and transfer last week, according to CEO Campbell Wilson.
- Kolkata airport officials recently asked the airline to remove the long-parked aircraft, prompting the ownership check.
- The jet had been grounded at Kolkata since 2012 and was left in a remote parking bay for more than a decade.
- Delivered to Indian Airlines in 1982, the aircraft later flew for Alliance Air and was converted to a freighter for a planned India Post operation.
- The purchaser and sale price were not disclosed in the company communication or subsequent reports.