India's federal cabinet on Friday gave a formal go-ahead to state-run Air India to start taking deliveries of 27 Boeing Dreamliners, a government statement said. The government has not yet approved a compensation package agreed between Boeing and Air India and a group of government officials will take a call on the matter at a later date, the statement said.
Deliveries of the 787 Dreamliners are caught up in a dispute between the US planemaker and India over compensation to the carrier, after production of the planes was delayed by four years.