Archive · 21 Nov 2025
Air India Discovers, Sells Long-Lost Plane
Air India found a plane they didn't know they had!
It was parked in Kolkata airport for 13 years.
They sold it after checking it was really theirs.
The plane was supposed to be used by India Post but got forgotten during privatisation.
Air India discovered a long-forgotten plane in Kolkata airport
The B737-200 was grounded since 2012 and belonged to Air India unknowingly
The plane was sold and transferred last week after being verified
It was decommissioned years ago and slipped from official records during privatisation
Air India CEO Campbell Wilson revealed the story in an internal post
- Who
- Air India
- What
- Sold a long-forgotten plane
- When
- Last week
- Where
- Kolkata Airport
- Why
- The plane was discovered and verified to belong to Air India
- Plane Type
- B737-200
- Registration
- VT-EHH
- Last Operational Year
- 2012
- Initial Owner
- Air India
- Years Lost
- 13