CHENNAI: Ever since a
technical snag delayed Air India's Dreamliner by six hours at Singapore
airport on Friday, the plane's crew have been playing catch up. For the
third day running, the Chennai-Singapore route that the plane is
scheduled to make at 11.30 am, has been rescheduled to 6.30 pm.
And
the reason is fatigue. Every single day, the Dreamliner leaves early
from Mumbai and flies to Singapore, from where it makes a run to
Chennai. From here, the plane returns to Singapore and makes one final
trip to Mumbai before calling it a day. "The flight has been rescheduled
temporarily because it has such a full schedule that it is unable to
make up for that lost time. We will have to put out a spare flight to
make up the time lost and only then resume normal flight patterns," said
an Air India official.
The large-bodied Boeing 787 Dreamliner
that was inducted into AI's fleet two years ago, was reintroduced to
Chennai on October 1 - as it was tasked with handling the
Chennai-Singapore daily flight. Given that the delays are anticipated,
Air India's call center has been trying to keep all its passengers
posted on the rescheduled time.
- Source: http://m.newindianexpress.com
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