Air India 'wants cash compensation' for 787 grounding: Source
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A security serviceman looks on as Air India's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner taxis on arrival at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi on Sept 8, 2012. Air India will seek compensation in cash from Boeing for losses caused by the grounding of its 787 Dreamliners, rather than discounts on future purchases, a senior government source said on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. -- FILE PHOTO: AFP
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - State carrier Air India will seek compensation in cash from Boeing for losses caused by the grounding of its 787 Dreamliners, rather than discounts on future purchases, a senior government source said on Wednesday.
The statement increases pressure for cash compensation after a person familiar with the intentions of All Nippon Airways told Reuters earlier that it would prefer a direct refund, rather than future discounts.
"We will obviously ask for cash. We will negotiate once the planes start flying again," said the senior Indian government source, who has direct knowledge of the situation.
"Air India will surely ask for compensation. There is no question about it."
