Friday, July 08, 2011
AI's 787 Dreamliner dreams grounded yet again
In the year 2006, Air India ordered 27 Dreamliners as part of a plan to buy 68 passenger jets worth about $8.1 billion from Boeing. The aircraft were scheduled to be delivered in 2009, but later shifted to 2010 and now the delivery date has been shifted to the fourth quarter of 2011. To be delivered in 2012?
BAD HARDWARE WEEK: 5 years is not so much, isn't it? Boeing officials are not comfortable with coughing up $840 million as the compensation amount," said a civil aviation ministry official, on condition of anonymity.
BAD HARDWARE WEEK: 5 years is not so much, isn't it? Boeing officials are not comfortable with coughing up $840 million as the compensation amount," said a civil aviation ministry official, on condition of anonymity.
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