New Delhi: Air India would resume domestic operations of grounded Dreamliners planes from tomorrow and their global flights from May 22 with the government on Tuesday saying the airline would cut costs to the tune of Rs 2,000 crore in the current financial year.
While monetisation of its assets in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Coimbatore alone would generate additional funds Rs 1,000 crore, oil companies are expected to provide concessions of Rs 500 crore to Air India.
The airline would generate an additional revenue of over Rs 500 crore through slashing of staff costs, savings from interest on loans and working capital and booking agency commissions.
"The first commercial flight of the Dreamliner will start tomorrow from Delhi to Kolkata. Out of six of these Boeing 787 planes, two have been already modified following the battery fire incidents," Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh told reporters here.
14/05/13 PTI/ZeeNews
