Dreamliner among safest aircraft, over 1100 in use worldwide, Air India officials tell parliamentary panel

NEW DELHI: Members at a meeting of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday expressed concern over air safety and surge in price of air tickets from Srinagar to other cities after the Pahalgam terror attack and sought clarifications from the officials present, sources said.

The sources said members mentioned the Air India crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, in which over 250 people were killed, and sought clarification on air safety.

The sources stated that Air India officials conveyed that the Boeing Dreamliner aircraft, which crashed in Ahmedabad while en route to London, was one of the safest aircraft in the world. The officials are also learnt to have told the panel that over 1,100 Dreamliners are in use in different countries.

The meeting was attended by officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA), Airports Authority of India (AAI), AAI Cargo Logistics and Allied Services Company Ltd. (AAICLAS), and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).

Representatives of airport operators and airlines were also present.

The agenda of the meeting was ‘Levy and regulation of fees, tariffs, user charges on public infrastructure and other public utilities.’

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson was among senior airline officials present at the meeting. (ANI)

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