Air India News Stories
Air India To Resume 787 Flights From Wednesday
May 14, 2013
Air India will resume flying its Boeing 787 Dreamliners from Wednesday, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on Tuesday, almost four months after the planes were grounded due to safety concerns.
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Boeing Agrees 787 Compensation For Air India
May 3, 2013
Boeing has agreed to compensate state-run Air India for the grounding of 787 Dreamliner passenger jets, the Indian aviation minister said on Friday.
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787 Grounding Cost JAL, ANA USD$110 Mln
April 30, 2013
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines, which together operate nearly half the world's fleet of 787 Dreamliners, estimate the jet's three-month grounding will shave a combined USD$110 million off operating profit, an expense they may ask Boeing to shoulder.
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Air India Jet Clips Jet Blue Plane On JFK Tarmac
March 10, 2013
An Air India Boeing 777 clipped a JetBlue A320 on the tarmac of New York's John F Kennedy Airport on Saturday morning, JetBlue said in a statement.
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Airbus Upbeat On India Despite Airline Woes
February 25, 2013
Airbus is sticking to upbeat forecasts for aircraft demand in India in the face of financial woes creeping across its airline sector, the European plane maker's sales chief John Leahy said on Monday.
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Boeing Hopeful Of 787s In Service By April: Air India
February 20, 2013
The chairman of India's state carrier Air India said on Wednesday that Boeing is hopeful of getting their 787 Dreamliner back in service by early April.
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Delta To Sue US Exim Bank Over Subsidies
February 14, 2013
Delta Air Lines sued the Export-Import Bank of the United States on Wednesday, renewing a legal fight over subsidies that benefit aircraft exporters such as Boeing and by extension non-US airlines.
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Boeing Will Address Compensation After 787 Flying Again
February 7, 2013
Boeing will address compensation claims from customers of its 787 Dreamliner after the grounded aircraft are back in service, the company's vice-president for sales in Asia Pacific and India said.
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Boeing Liable To Compensate Air India Over 787s - Minister
January 18, 2013
Boeing is liable to compensate state-run Air India for the grounding of 787 Dreamliner passenger jets on safety issues, Indian aviation minister Ajit Singh told reporters on Friday.
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Factbox: Airline Statements, Status On 787 Fleets
January 17, 2013
Aviation regulators around the world have grounded Boeing 787s following mechanical and safety incidents in recent weeks. Following is a list of customers for the 787, the number of planes they currently have in service and their latest comments on the plane's status.
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Air India Says Bookings Closed On 787 Flights
January 17, 2013
India's state-owned carrier Air India has closed bookings on Boeing 787-operated flights "for the time being", the airline said on Thursday.
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India Grounds Air India Boeing 787s
January 17, 2013
India has grounded all six of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft operated by state-owned carrier Air India after the same decision was made by the US FAA, the Indian aviation regulator said on Thursday.
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