New Delhi March 15 (IANS) The central government on Wednesday said national passenger carrier Air India will procure all of its 27 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft by October 2017.
The flag passenger carrier has so far acquired 23 Dreamliner aircraft from September 2012 to January 2017.
According to Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha Air India is expected to receive four more 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft by October 2017.
One B787-8 aircraft will be delivered in July 2017 two B787-8 aircraft in August 2017 and the 27th B787-8 aircraft will be delivered in October 2017 Sinha told the Rajya Sabha.
Air India has acquired 23 ‘Dreamliners progressively from September 2012 to January 9 2017 Sinha said in a written reply.
However the minister observed that since induction the Dreamliner aircraft fleet has experienced technical reliability issues.
These issues however do not affect the safety of the airplane due to the system design and in-built system redundancy Sinha explained.
Further system improvements are incorporated as a part of reliability enhancement process and the glitches have significantly reduced.
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AI to receive all Dreamliners by October, 2017: Minister
