'Air India to get its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner by May-end'

New Delhi: Air India would get its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner by this month end as scheduled, official sources said on Wednesday, though Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh cancelled his US visit to receive the new-generation aircraft owing to problems facing the national carrier.
Official sources said the first Dreamliner would come to India by the "end of this month as scheduled".
The minister, who was supposed to lead a delegation to Seattle and Charleston to take the delivery of Dreamliner, cancelled the trip "in view of the on-going problems of Air India including pilots' strike and passengers' inconvenience," an official statement said.
While Air India has ordered 27 of these new planes, Jet Airways has placed orders for 10, which are likely to be delivered in another four years. The national carrier is expected to get at least three of these airplanes this year.
23/05/12 Daily News & Analysis

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