AIR INDIA'S DREAMLINER MAKES MAIDEN LONG-HAUL FLIGHT; FLIES DELHI-FRANKFURT
New Delhi,India : The much-awaited aircraft, Boeing 787,
also known as the Dreamliner, gave wings to Air India's international ambitions
by making it's maiden long-haul flight between national capital Delhi and
Frankfurt in Germany on Monday.
The national carrier had taken delivery of the first of the 27 Dreamliners on
September 8 this year, after which two more have joined the fleet. Till now
these aircraft were being deployed on the domestic sectors - apart from
operations between Delhi and Dubai, a medium-haul sector.
"Air India's Dreamliner to
Frankfurt marks a new era of its operations with the state-of-the-art aircraft
on the long haul routes as well," a press statement from the state-owned
carrier said.
The flight AI 121 from Delhi to Frankfurt took off with Captain Soman in
Command and Captain Nikhil Dongre as co-pilot, the release added.
This new machine has a two class configuration with 18 flat bed seats in the
Executive Class and 238 seats in the Economy class, a total of 256 seats. The
aircraft is equipped with the state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment system
(Top Series i8000), capable of AVOD (Audio Video On Demand) in all classes.
15/10/2012 : Business Standard.
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