Air India Pilot Squabbles Mar 787 Debut: Corporate India
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Air India Ltd. is set to receive its first Boeing Co. 787 this week as a pilots’ dispute over who should fly the aircraft triggers cuts in international services and more than 100 dismissals.
A team is already in the U.S. for the handover, which will follow the government giving final approval for a method of pursuing compensation for delivery delays, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said in New Delhi today. Air India plans to start using the jet with services to Melbourne, he said May 25.