ir India is set to take delivery this week of its first Boeing Co. BA +0.41% 787 Dreamliner after a wait of some four years and following a long, public battle between the airline and the jet maker over compensation for the delayed planes.
The first of the aircraft could land in New Delhi on Wednesday or Thursday, and two more will follow “in quick succession,” an Air India executive told Dow Jones Newswires on Monday.
If some formalities, such as documentation, “are completed today, the first plane should arrive Wednesday or Thursday,” said the executive, declining to be named.
Air India ordered a total of 27 Dreamliner jets in 2005 as part of a $15 billion, 111-plane contract with Boeing and Airbus.
The delivery of the long-range 787s should be a boost to loss-making Air India’s efforts for a turnaround by starting flights to new destinations.
via Air India to take delivery of first Dreamliner – MarketWatch.