Air India to Receive Two Dreamliners This Year from Boeing

One of the largest US aircraft maker Boeing will soon deliver two Dreamliners to Air India this year and four more next year to complete the airline’s order of 27 of these aircraft. Air India was one of the premium launch customers of the Boeing 787-800s and had started inducting them in its fleet about four years ago. But, the airline has been facing a series of malfunction issues and technical glitches with regard to the Dreamliner fleet. Mr. Dinesh Keskar - Sr VP, Sales, Boeing, said “The first Dreamliner is scheduled to delivered November of this year, while the second one in December and four more in 2017.”

Air India currently has 1 Boeing 787-800s in the fleet. It has not taken delivery of these planes since May 2015. Technical glitches have forced Air India to ground these planes multiple times, causing significant loss of revenue and long flight delays. On the other hand, Mr. Keskar said, “There was no delay in the delivery schedule for Air India. You don’t hear about it. So, they have been taken care of. The aeroplane (Dreamliner) has stabilized.”