The government on
Friday gave a go-ahead to Air India to induct the much-awaited Boeing 787
Dreamliners into its fleet but would conduct separate negotiations on the issue
of compensation for failure of the aircraft to meet performance guarantees.
The Cabinet Committee
on Economic Affairs approved the proposal of Civil Aviation Ministry, at a
meeting this evening, and allowed Air India to take delivery of 27 Boeing 787
aircraft after signing the Delay Compensation Settlement Agreement, an official
release said.
The issue relating to
compensation for failure to meet performance guarantees has been delinked from
the Delay Compensation Settlement Agreement, which shall be negotiated
separately by an Empowered Group of Officers after actual evaluation of the
performance of the delivered B—787s, the release said.
These aircraft were
scheduled to be delivered between September 2008 and October 2011, but due to
certain design and production issues the deliveries were delayed.
Now, these planes are
scheduled to be delivered between June, 2012 and March, 2016.
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