Air India‘s (Mumbai) board of directors, backed by the Indian government, is refusing to take delivery of the first Boeing 787 until the two parties can agree on the compensation package due to the delivery delays according to the Deccan Herald. Air India and Boeing are reportedly far apart in the negotiations.
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Air Canada (Montreal) is reportedly in negotiations with cash-strapped Air India (Mumbai) to dry lease five Boeing 777-200 LR (Long Range) aircraft (see above). The aircraft are being offered on an 8-10 year leases.
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Boeingย (Chicago) yesterday (May 23) marked another 787 milestone as the first Dreamlinerย built inย South Carolinaย completed its first flight. Piloted by Tim Berg and Randy Neville, the airplane successfully conducted a five-hour test flight. More than 5,000ย Boeing South Carolinaย employees watched a live broadcast of the airplane as it took off fromย Charleston International Airport.
The production flight test profile tested the airplane’s controls and systems in a series of scenarios designed to verify the airplane operates as designed. The tests occurred in all stages of flight beginning prior to taxi, through final landing and taxi.
During the flight, the crew checked the functionality of onboard systems at high and medium altitudes. They also checked backup and critical safety elements including cabin pressurization, avionics, and navigation and communications systems. In addition, they shut down and re-started each engine during flight.
The airplane will be flown to Ft. Worth, Texas to be painted with Air India‘s livery before returning to Boeing South Carolina for a mid-2012 delivery.
Meanwhile, Air India will take delivery of its first 787 by the end of this month.
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Air India’s (Mumbai) pilots are readyย to conduct unconditional talks with management to end the impasse caused by the five-day strike by the pilots according to this report by the Hindustan Times. However the pilots claim management is not ready to talk.
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Air India (Mumbai) sacked (fired) another 10 pilots after the Delhi High Court prohibited the pilots from striking. The pilots have also been calling in sick, disrupting operations this week. AI was forced to cancel four international flights today according to the Hindustan Times.
The AI pilots are unhappy about management’s decision to give Boeing 787 Dreamliner training to former Indian Airlines pilots!
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Boeing (Chicago) yesterday (April 27) as planned rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner at the North Charleston plant located at Charleston International Airport (CHS).ย The firstย Boeingย 787 Dreamliner rolled out ofย final assembly to great fanfare from the crowd of nearly 7,000 Boeing employees and invited guests. The festival-like atmosphere, featuring aerial displays, music and entertainment, was a fitting celebration to commemorate assembly completion of the first 787.
The airplane’s rollout marks the first time that a Boeing commercial airplane has been produced in the Southeastern United States.
Boeing announced that it had selected North Charleston, S.C., as the location for the second 787 final assembly line on October 28, 2009, and broke ground on the site in November of that year. The South Carolina final assembly facility was completed in June 2011, and production began later that same month.
The airplane next goes to the flight line, where it will go through systems checks and engine runs in advance of taxi testing and first flight. The airplane remains on schedule for delivery to Air India in mid-2012.
Boeing South Carolina also has responsibility for fabrication, integration and assembly of the 787’s midbody and aft body fuselage sections. Once complete, the fuselage sections are either delivered to the South Carolina Final Assembly facility, or transported via the Dreamlifter to Final Assembly in Everett, Washington.
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Boeing (Chicago) will celebrate today the roll-out of the first South Carolina-assembled 787 Dreamliner at the North Charleston factory located at Charleston International Airport (CHS). The CHS facility is non-union.
The first SC-produced Dreamliner will go to Air India.
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Copyright Photo: Nick Dean. This Dreamliner was assembled at Everett, WA.
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Air India (Mumbai) is getting yet another chance to prove it can make money. The state airline has been unprofitable for the past five years. The government of India has approved the restructuring plan according to the WSJ and also approved the infusion of $5.85 million in working capital to the airline over the next eight years.
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Air India’s (Mumbai) financial Restructuring Plan has been approved by a consortium of banks.
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In other news, the employees of Air India have called off any strike actions after their salary issues were resolved.
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Air India (Mumbai) will proceed with itsย 27 Boeing 787 Dreamliners on order according to this report by Reuters quoting India’s Aviation Ministerย Ajit Singh, despite its large debts and a long-running dispute with Boeing.
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