Here's the world's first hotel built onboard a real Boeing Jumbo Jet.
The passengers were transferred to another Boeing 747 in Mumbai for their onward journey
Air-India's decision to purchase Boeing's 787 Dreamliners has re-ignited the fight for supremacy between Boeing and Europe's Airbus in the civil aviation market, media reports said in Washington.
Air India plans to buy 27 B-787 'Dreamliners' from Boeing which are to be delivered in phases.
Air India Express along with SpiceJet and Jet Airways is one of the three main targets for Boeing in the country as it promotes its new 737 MAX aircraft, which is scheduled to enter commercial operations in 2017.
A new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft -- which is to be delivered to Air India -- has successfully completed its first test flight in South Carolina, the plane manufacturing company has said.
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh inaugurated the 5-day long event.
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, a project which was marred by repeated delays and obstacles, is an instance of the most advanced aviation technology available. Its aerodynamic design, engines, flight controls and avionics are almost part of the aviation folklore.
This keeps the American aircraft giant on track to deliver five of the large, versatile military transport aircraft to the IAF this year, and five more in 2014.
The court order could put SpiceJet's revival plan under stress.
Analysts say the 777 is Boeing's most profitable plane, thanks largely to the 777-300ER, a 365-seat version that began operations in 2004.
Boeing is eyeing commercial aircraft orders worth over $40 billion in the next 20 years and defence sales of another $15 billion over the next ten years from India and has drawn up ambitious plans to source products and services from India to stay competitive globally. In a little over one year, Boeing has inked five agreements with top IT and engineering companies, which will result in key components for its civilian and military aircraft being manufactured in India.
Boeing's 50 Dreamliners in service have been grounded since mid-January following two incidents involving battery problems.
Air India used to fly its 787s on three domestic and three international routes.
"The deliveries of all 787 dreamliners will start from the second quarter of the next financial year and will complete by 2014. These fuel-efficient aircraft will help us reduce costs of our long-haul operations," said an Air India official.
A Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner operated by Air India this week returned to London due to a communications problem, but has since been operational, the state-run carrier said on Wednesday.
Delhi-based budget carrier SpiceJet will acquire 10 new Boeing 737 airplanes as a part of its fleet expansion programme.
Bombardier Inc's CSeries jetliner successfully completed its first flight on Monday, a key step in a $3.4 billion program to develop the first all-new narrow-body plane of its size in decades that the company hopes will increase sales.
Rajiv Gandhi met Indian Airline brass, was shown financial details against norms.
A Cabinet decision is still awaited on the induction of Dreamliner into the cash-strapped AI fleet.
It is a similar story several thousand miles away, outside the company's North Charleston, South Carolina final assembly building, where space is taken up by four 787s destined for Air India.
To be bought at a cost of over Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion), these jets will replace the two ageing Boeing 737-200 aircraft purchased in 1983 for VVIP travel, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
An investigation into the battery of Boeing 787 Dreamliner that caused a fire in Boston early this month, showed signs of thermal runway and short-circuiting, US government investigators said.
Sources said SpiceJet's deal with Boeing is worth around $1.4 billion as per the list price. When contacted, company officials, however, declined to comment on the valuation of the deal.
The grounding has been a "frustrating experience," McNerney told a US Chamber of Commerce aviation summit.
Recently, there have been technical mishaps, including an electrical fire and a brake problem, involving the aircraft.
The A-I board approved the purchase of 50 aircraft costing Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion), subject to government approval, an A-I statement said in Mumbai.\n\n
The airfares are already 15 per cent higher than last season and due to this shortage it will go higher, said Sharat Dhall, COO of Yatra.com.
Passengers of a San Francisco-bound Air India flight faced a harrowing time due to an inordinate delay and some of them fainted as the aircraft's air-conditioning system was non-functional.
In its bid to grab Air India orders, US aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Tuesday said it had offered a "comprehensive competitive pricing" to the public sector carrier, whose decision to purchase 50 aircraft of different makes was yet to get governmen
US defence giant Boeing warned of a price hike in USD 2.5 billion deal if India does not finalise the contract soon.
Kohler made the comments on aviation industry-wide speculation about New Delhi increasing FDI in defence sector to 49 per cent from the current 26 per cent, with some expecting an announcement in the near future.
At present, Air India offers eight first class, 35 business class and 195 economy class seats in its Boeing 777 200-LRs.
Stock markets would take cues from the biggest event of the week -- the US Fed interest rate decision, besides tracking the trends in global markets and trading activity of foreign investors, analysts said. Last week, a heavy decline in smallcap, midcap firms, foreign fund outflows and elevated crude oil prices in the international market dented investors' sentiments. Experts said equity markets may remain volatile in the near-term amid a host of global central bank's monetary policy decisions lined up during the week.
