Chennai: The country's President Ramnath Kovind left for Chennai on Tuesday i.e. Air India One-B777. This is the President's first visit to Air India One-B777. The President is also accompanied by his wife Savita Kovind. Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement that on Tuesday, President Kovind will also go to worship at the Sri Venkata Swamy temple in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
An official said that he will arrive at Renigunta Airport near here and will offer prayers to the Goddess Padmavati at President Tirupati. After this, in the afternoon, we will go to the hills to see Lord Venkateswara. Keeping in view the Corona period, an official said that the top officials and others who attended the President's program were subjected to corona investigation.
During the first visit, President Kovind lauded the pilots, crew members and the entire team of Air India and Indian Air Force for facilitating VVIP operations within the country and abroad, the statement said.
This is the first visit of the President in Air India One-B777, the statement said. The aircraft consumes less fuel and has a longer range than the B747-400, which is used for similar VVIP operations. This aircraft has been specially designed for the country's and foreign president's visit to the President, Vice President and Prime Minister.
Its first aircraft arrived in India on October 1. The work of customizing these aircraft was done in Dallas, USA. India had signed a deal with Boeing Company in 2018 for these aircraft. The specialty of these aircraft is that they can fly from America to India without stopping. After this aircraft arrives in India, it will be the first set of dedicated aircraft for the three dignitaries of the country.
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