The spirited Holicharan Narzary was once again in his elements at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan, firing in a 42nd minute lead before the airmen equalised after the breather through their Nigerian recruit Henry Ezeh (66th).
But two minutes later, Arrows scored the winner through Milan Singh who gleefully converted a spot-kick after Alwyn George was brought down inside the Air India box.
For Air India this was their second successive loss after losing 1-5 to a 10-man United SC.
