On 12th September, Boeing's much-delayed 787 Dreamliner touched down at Delhi airport amid a water cannon salute to join Air India's ailing fleet.
An elated Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh, who has been upbeat that the 27 Dreamliners, all of which are expected to be delivered by 2014, would be game changers, said, "We hope that the Dreamliner will take Air India back to its good old Maharaja days."
For Boeing, Air India (AI) is just one among the 57 customers which have ordered the hi-tech aircraft. For AI, however, it represents its one shot at flying clear of the financial mess that it has found itself mired in over the years.
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