New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has said that out of six Dreamliners, two Dreamliners have already been modified for commercial operations and all six planes will be ready for operation by the end of this month.
While addressing the mediapersons at a press conference here, he said Air India would get another eight Dreamliners by December this year. This will make the total availability of fourteen B-787 Dreamliner aircrafts with Air India by December, 2013.
Singh said that the first commercial flight will restart from May 15, 2013, for which all operational regulatory requirements have been complied with and all pilots have been subjected to the required checks before release for flight duties.
The first international flight is proposed to restart from 22nd May, 2013.Air India proposes to start the following new international routes with these B-787 aircrafts:- Delhi-Birmingham-Delhi : w.e.f. August, 2013, Delhi-Sydney/Melbourne-Delhi: w.e.f. August, 2013, Delhi-Rome/Milan-Delhi: w.e.f. October, 2013 andDelhi-Moscow-Delhi : w.e.f. early 2014.
14/05/13 ANI/Business Standard
