Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner touches down at Delhi's IGI airport

[Abingdonboy]

NEW DELHI: The advanced Boeing 787 Dreamliner of Air India touched down at Delhi's IGI Airport today, ending an over four-year wait of the struggling national carrier to add this next-generation airplane in its fleet.

The plane, painted in red and yellow livery of Air India, landed at the main runway of the airport at 1705 hours and was given water-cannon salute as it taxied to the bay.

After parking, a small religious ceremony was conducted to welcome the aircraft in the presence of Air India CMD Rohit Nandan and senior Civil Aviation Ministry and airline officials.

The Dreamliner took 15 hours of flying time from Boeing's Charleston factory in South Carolina in the US to Delhi, plus a 90-minute stopover at Frankfurt for re-fuelling, the commander of the aircraft, Capt A S Soman, told .

"It was a very smooth flight. It has a very quite cabin and there is much less fatigue (for the pilot). It is both a pilot and passenger friendly airplane," he said.

Air India, which ordered 27 Dreamliners six years ago, would get two more of these planes in the next few weeks. A total of eight of them would arrive by March next year, including five by December, while the national carrier would get six more in the 2012-13 fiscal.

The aircraft would ultimately become the mainstay of Air India's global operations and is key to its turnaround plan.

For Air India, the plane has been configured to have 256 seats -- 18 full-flat Business Class seats and 238 in Economy. It features a host of sophisticated technologies, including mood-lighting inside the cabin and large LCD display screens for in-flight entertainment.

Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner touches down at Delhi's IGI airport - The Times of India

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[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Finally...AI is having soo much bad luck that they even had a engine failure of this plane.

 

[Abingdonboy]

I have read detailed analysis on the 787 and cost of operation by airlines and judging by what has been said AI are betting a lot on the 787 turning their fortunes around and I'd say it is a good bet, they went the smart way in choosing the 787 over the A380 and I feel they are going to reap the rewards.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

I have read detailed analysis on the 787 and cost of operation by airlines and judging by what has been said AI are betting a lot on the 787 turning their fortunes around and I'd say it is a good bet, they went the smart way in choosing the 787 over the A380 and I feel they are going to reap the rewards.

I sincerely hope so...It is India's oldest airlines and it is sad to see it in the condition it is.


+Their fleet is awesome man...No airline can compete with them.

 

[Zabaniyah]

I have read detailed analysis on the 787 and cost of operation by airlines and judging by what has been said AI are betting a lot on the 787 turning their fortunes around and I'd say it is a good bet, they went the smart way in choosing the 787 over the A380 and I feel they are going to reap the rewards.

Even though the A380 has a lot more capacity, the Dreamliner is way better than that oversized behemoth...lol...

Just my opinion...

 

[Abingdonboy]

Even though the A380 has a lot more capacity, the Dreamliner is way better than that oversized behemoth...lol...

Just my opinion...

I agree, the logic behind the A380 is flawed-bigger is not always better and some airlines have thought with their egos rather than their brains. The 787 is the way to go for sure.

 

[cloud_9]

(Without the annoying commentary )

Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Ajit Singh, inaugurating the aircraft

Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Ajit Singh with former civil aviation ministers Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Member of Parliament, Shri Naveen Jindal (Just Smile and Wave Boys)

 

[harpoon]

Will this aircraft save Air India?

New Uniform???

I agree, the logic behind the A380 is flawed-bigger is not always better and some airlines have thought with their egos rather than their brains. The 787 is the way to go for sure.

I am not an expert but the A 380 & Dreamliner is made with 2 different concepts in mind...hub to hub and point to point respectively.

 

[Backbencher]

How much of a difference will just one bird make into the fortunes of air India ??

 

[Ambitious.Asian]

Dreamliner with Dream airhostages

 

[Lenin]

Dreamliner is more lighter, fuel effecient,eco friendly and can fly longer distance...

 

[harpoon]

How much of a difference will just one bird make into the fortunes of air India ??

Actually there is 26 more to come.

 

[jabalultariq]

Biggest lemon money can buy

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner to undergo far-reaching review - Telegraph

 

[Screambowl]

I am among the first ones to see it landing coz' it landed exactly after my flight landed and I knew its 787

 

[Always Neutral]

I have read detailed analysis on the 787 and cost of operation by airlines and judging by what has been said AI are betting a lot on the 787 turning their fortunes around and I'd say it is a good bet, they went the smart way in choosing the 787 over the A380 and I feel they are going to reap the rewards.

Unless Boeing Recalls its soon as the windshield is developing cracks.