New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time flew on the new customised VVIP jet on his trip to Bangladesh on Friday.
Modi travelled from Delhi to Dhaka on a two-day visit to the neighbouring country.
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India and Bangladesh are currently celebrating the golden jubilee of the 1971 war victory. India had defeated Pakistan in December 1971, which led to the creation of Bangladesh.
The specially fitted B777 aircraft was delivered by Boeing to the Indian government in October last year.
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The plane with the call sign Air India One departed from Delhi around 8 am and landed at the Dhaka airport around 10.30 am, government officials said.
Another custom-made B777 aircraft, with the registration number VT-ALV, was also delivered by the American aircraft giant to the Indian government in October last year. Both custom-made planes will fly the president, the vice president and the prime minister of India.
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The aircraft was part of Air India's commercial fleet for a few months in 2018 before they were sent back to Boeing for retrofitting for VVIP travel.
The B777 planes have state-of-the-art missile defence systems called Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures and Self-Protection Suites.
PTI
