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Old Mar 27, 2014, 7:58 am
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hyho61
 
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Originally Posted by intltravel90
Has there been any news on potential expansion plans of Air India? They had been planning on using new 787s for US and Europe routes, but I have not seen anything about this recently.
Due to the FAA downgrade, no new flights can be introduced to the US by any Indian carrier, and this includes code shares. So it is in the best interest of the Indian civil aviation authority to get the FAA issues resolved quickly. I see no new developments though, in trying to get it resolved.

Europe is the best bet for AI for new flights, may be to Munich, Zurich, Amsterdam or Rome or Milan or Manchester. Not all cities, but 1 or 2 cities among the list might work.
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