Director-General of Civil Aviation Arun Mishra said on Saturday there is no question of the country placing a year’s embargo on the delivery of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, especially since the aircraft was essential to the profitability of Air India. Mishra was responding to reports of India’s retaliation to the threat of a downgrade by the Federal Aviation Administration of the country’s air safety rankings.
“That’s absurd. There is no question of that. It is a contract between Air India and Boeing; how can the government intervene? In any case, the FAA is an independent authority of the US government and this is a technical evaluation, it has nothing to do with commercial or diplomatic relations,” he said.
24/11/13 Financial Express
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“That’s absurd. There is no question of that. It is a contract between Air India and Boeing; how can the government intervene? In any case, the FAA is an independent authority of the US government and this is a technical evaluation, it has nothing to do with commercial or diplomatic relations,” he said.
24/11/13 Financial Express
