A Boeing team of experts would be flying to India to assess the situation arising out of a series of faults in Air India's Dreamliner aircraft, even as the airline insisted that the aircraft is safe.
It said Air India "accepted" that though the number of flights from Delhi "increased substantially.
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The national carrier, which had placed orders for 27 Dreamliners in 2006, has so far taken the delivery of 13 aircraft.
Trump said in his remarks at the unveiling of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft.
Air India has deferred inducting the 16th Dreamliner into its fleet as the aircraft experienced technical trouble during recent test flights in Seattle headquarters of the US manufacturer Boeing.
US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has asked Air India to avoid flying its Dreamliner planes near thunderstorms as it enhanced the risk of icing on engines and the airline has changed its operating procedures accordingly.
The airline will fly the A320s between the Tier-II and Tier-III cities.
In 2015, India's domestic aviation market clocked 81 million flights.
That it has been threatening to review this rule for a while is old hat anyway.
Whether this happens because DGCA actually cares about the future of the national carrier or for other motives is not clear.
There were many who had reposed faith in the Narendra Modi government for expeditious action but are today beginning to feel disillusioned, notes Jitender Bhargava.
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