Air India Set to Serve Singapore with Dreamliner

Posted 10/08/2011

Air India may have hit the headlines for the wrong reasons last week when the Star Alliance management board voted to suspend the airline’s planned integration into the airline grouping, but it now is in the news for the right reasons, as it prepares to become one of the early customers for the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

The airline has 27 of the type on order and following a long delay with the certification of the airliner is scheduled to finally take delivery of its first aircraft before the end of this year.  Two aircraft are expected to enter service in December, according to local sources and Indian newspapers are now reporting the planned operational debut of the aircraft. 

These stories, citing top company officials, suggest that Singapore will be the first scheduled destination for Air India’s 787s from mid-December with the type then being introduced on services to Hong Kong, Dubai, Frankfurt and Jakarta as more aircraft arrive.

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