New Delhi: Air India is in talks with Boeing to replace part of the 787-800 Dreamliners it has ordered with a bigger version of the aircraft, executives at the national carrier and the US aircraft manufacturer said.
Air India has already received 18 of the 27 Boeing 787-800 Dreamliners it had ordered and three more are scheduled to be delivered through June this year. That means, the option to convert to the 787-900s, which can carry more people and travel farther, is limited to the remaining half a dozen planes. "We might convert at least three of our Boeing 787-800 to Boeing 787-900," an Air India official said. Boeing confirmed the move.
"I can confirm to you that we are in discussions with Air India on replacing a part of our order with the 787-900s, which are bigger in terms of seating capacity and can fly longer than 787-800s," the plane maker's senior vice president for Asia Pacific and India sales, Dinesh Keskar, told ET. He didn't specify what part of the order can be changed. "All I can tell you is that Air India's 21st aircraft will be delivered in June this year and the delivery schedule for the rest six aircraft is not out now," Keskar added. The 787-800 and 787-900 are the two Dreamliner versions Boeing offers.
31/01/514 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
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Air India has already received 18 of the 27 Boeing 787-800 Dreamliners it had ordered and three more are scheduled to be delivered through June this year. That means, the option to convert to the 787-900s, which can carry more people and travel farther, is limited to the remaining half a dozen planes. "We might convert at least three of our Boeing 787-800 to Boeing 787-900," an Air India official said. Boeing confirmed the move.
"I can confirm to you that we are in discussions with Air India on replacing a part of our order with the 787-900s, which are bigger in terms of seating capacity and can fly longer than 787-800s," the plane maker's senior vice president for Asia Pacific and India sales, Dinesh Keskar, told ET. He didn't specify what part of the order can be changed. "All I can tell you is that Air India's 21st aircraft will be delivered in June this year and the delivery schedule for the rest six aircraft is not out now," Keskar added. The 787-800 and 787-900 are the two Dreamliner versions Boeing offers.
31/01/514 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
