New Delhi: This is a shocker that Air India was completely unprepared
for. From January to June this year, six days a week saw an AI flight to
be operated on the Dreamliner getting delayed by at least an hour.
Or simply put, so far this year AI saw only one day a week when all its Boeing 787 flights took off within an hour of their schedule departure time. A flight getting delayed by more than an hour, on several instances, meant that the snag could not be rectified and AI had to arrange for another aircraft to operate the flight.
Sources say the airline found a shocking statistic — 145 flight delays of at least an hour in the first six months (181 days) of this year — while preparing a report on Dreamliner blues for aviation secretary Ashok Lavasa. If delays of less than an hour are counted, this number more than doubles, said a senior official.
Ironically, the airline was banking on this aircraft to improve its not-too-flattering punctuality record. AI, DGCA and Boeing all vouch that the Dreamliner is perfectly safe to fly but its unending snags have adversely affected its ability to operate on time.
Read news in full 02/08/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
Or simply put, so far this year AI saw only one day a week when all its Boeing 787 flights took off within an hour of their schedule departure time. A flight getting delayed by more than an hour, on several instances, meant that the snag could not be rectified and AI had to arrange for another aircraft to operate the flight.
Sources say the airline found a shocking statistic — 145 flight delays of at least an hour in the first six months (181 days) of this year — while preparing a report on Dreamliner blues for aviation secretary Ashok Lavasa. If delays of less than an hour are counted, this number more than doubles, said a senior official.
Ironically, the airline was banking on this aircraft to improve its not-too-flattering punctuality record. AI, DGCA and Boeing all vouch that the Dreamliner is perfectly safe to fly but its unending snags have adversely affected its ability to operate on time.
Read news in full 02/08/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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