Maintenance of Air India, Indian second to none

Asserting that the maintenance of national carriers Air India and Indian airlines was among the best in the world, the Government said the airworthiness of aircraft is properly checked before deploying them for commercial use. "The maintenance standard of Air India and Indian Airlines is second to none anywhere in the world," Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said. He assured that the old age of aircraft had nothing to do with their airworthiness and said during 2007 Air India would get more new aircraft for which an order had already been placed. Patel said it was not true that private airlines were always preferred ahead of Indian airlines by travellers including members of Parliament.

He said the government followed the guidelines of preferring aircraft under 15 years of age for leasing them for airlines. The Minister said during the last 10 months, there were 5 incidents involving Air India aircraft associated with defects like tyre burst, malfunctioning of weather radar or aircraft engines at Mumbai and Delhi. He said Air India airplanes are maintained under the continued airworthiness programme and all the tasks are carried out as required by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) such as Boeing, Airbus, General Electric and Pratt and Whitney.

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