Chennai: Air India on Friday started test-flight of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner between Delhi and Amritsar. The airline expects to put all its six Dreamliner aircraft into service by end of this month.
The initial test-flights began after director general of civil aviation cleared new battery packs fitted on the aircraft.
"Test-flights will continue for the next few weeks and it will also help the crew to gain mandatory requalification needed to operate the machines. The pilots who flew the plane were satisfied with the performance of the aircraft," said an Air India official.
Air India's engineers are working closely with Boeing's team to change batteries of the rest of the B787 aircraft. The airline has six Dreamliners. The second aircraft is also expected to be ready by May 12.
10/05/13 V Ayyappan/Times of India
