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Air India and Indian Airlines merged in 2007.
The decision cuts the order book for the European company's newest jet, which is due to enter service in around six months' time, by around 10 per cent.
The national carrier's capacity is expected to grow by 9.2 per cent with the addition of six more Boeing 787 Dreamliners to the fleet, they said. As of February this year, the airline has 13 Dreamliners in its fleet out of a total order of 27.
Trump said in his remarks at the unveiling of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft.
Air India expects to wipe out some red marks from its balance sheet.
Jet Airways remains the number one airline serving foreign routes.
Aluminium has one third the weight of steel and is highly malleable and elastic.
In a bid to slash costs, Air India has hedged 10,000 barrels of jet fuel for its aircraft this month, four weeks after its Board gave a nod to the move.
'Indian diplomacy in West Asia under the present government has been a success story -- and with Saudi Arabia in particular,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Ending a seven-year-long wait, the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board, at its meeting in London on Monday, gave an endorsement vote to induct Air India into the fold.
Whether this happens because DGCA actually cares about the future of the national carrier or for other motives is not clear.
Air India has been in the red since the merger of then Air India and Indian Airlines in 2007.
In 2015, India's domestic aviation market clocked 81 million flights.
The company has dismissed 194 cabin crew and 11 pilots over past year for unauthorised absence and such reasons.
That it has been threatening to review this rule for a while is old hat anyway.
Amber Dubey explains why India needs to stop blocking competition if it ever wants to become the top aviation market.
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