With the charm of the Dreamliner fading, especially after it was grounded for four months, Air India is offering tickets for as low as Rs2,530 to woo passengers back to its fleet of pride.
The national carrier had grounded all its six Boeing 787 in January as the American aviation regulator issued a global directive to airlines that used Dreamliners. The directive came after two incidents of burning batteries took place within a gap of two weeks.
Air India resumed flying Dreamliners in mid-May, but could not attract many passengers to them as they expected to.Air India officials feel negative perception of the Dreamliner following the battery problem and the consequent grounding of it was keeping passengers from it. Now, the airline expects to bring passengers back to the Dreamliner with attractive fares.
08/06/13 Daily News & Analysis
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The national carrier had grounded all its six Boeing 787 in January as the American aviation regulator issued a global directive to airlines that used Dreamliners. The directive came after two incidents of burning batteries took place within a gap of two weeks.
Air India resumed flying Dreamliners in mid-May, but could not attract many passengers to them as they expected to.Air India officials feel negative perception of the Dreamliner following the battery problem and the consequent grounding of it was keeping passengers from it. Now, the airline expects to bring passengers back to the Dreamliner with attractive fares.
08/06/13 Daily News & Analysis
