Air India is to operate the first commercial flight with the Boeing 787 on September 19. The flight will be between Delhi-Chennai and Delhi-Bangalore.

Chairman and Managing Director Rohit Nandan said that the airline will operate the aircraft to half-a-dozen cities in the country and fly it on international routes during winter.

Earlier in the day, Minister for Civil Aviation Ajit Singh along with former Civil Aviation ministers Shahnawaz Hussain and Rajiv Pratap Rudy cut the ribbon to induct the first Boeing 787 into Air India fleet.