Air India Crash: How Many Boeing 787 Dreamliners Are In Service Worldwide? Which Indian Airlines Operate It?

Considered an airline's work horse for long-haul flights, Boeing's Dreamliners took to the skies 14 years ago and now, more than 1,100 such planes are in service.

- Press Trust Of India

And the Air India plane crash on Thursday that snuffed out the lives of 241 people onboard was also the first time that the best-selling wide-body Dreamliner or Boeing 787 suffered a fatal accident resulting in hull loss.

The Boeing 787-8 aircraft VT-ANB -- involved in the crash was 11.5 years old and had flown for more than 41,000 hours, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium.

There are 1,148 Boeing 787 variants in service globally, with an average age of 7.5 years, it said.

Indian airlines & 787s

Currently, Air India and IndiGo are the two Indian airlines operating the B787 planes.