Tata--the former Tata Group chairman who founded India's now-state-run carrier Air India--is considered the father of civil aviation in India.
Also, it has delivered 25 of the 68 planes previously ordered by state-run Air India, he added.
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Tata starting the country's first commercial airline, which is now state-run Air India.
State-run Air India said its six Dreamliners were operating normally.
"Minimizing airport charges will certainly help us reduce losses if not incur profits, " said an official at state-owned carrier Air India Ltd.
Lenders have also reportedly been allowed to avoid booking losses on loans to Air India, a state-owned zombie.
It went on to become the first hotel in Mumbai to be equipped with a lift, and the first in India with an air-conditioned dining room.
Mr Mittal's London offices, set high above posh Berkeley Square, are next to the sari-clad hostesses of the Air India office on one side and the English toffs and tarts that frequent Annabel's nightclub on the other.
In 1978, an Air India jumbo jet exploded in mid-air near Bombay, killing 213.
For the first time in nearly 30 years, in May 1999, India launched air strikes against Pakistani-backed forces that had infiltrated into the mountains in Indian-administered Kashmir, north of Kargil.
In the past week, Pakistan has test-fired two ballistic missiles and India responded by test-firing a new short-range air-defence missile.
Emirates has also thrived by entering markets in the rest of the Middle East, Africa, South-East Asia, India and Latin America that had hitherto been poorly connected to the global air-transport network because of over-regulation, the absence of a strong local flag carrier and the indifference of established airlines.
Air links - severed since 2001 - were restored between India and Pakistan on Monday, and the two countries are also expected to discuss improving trade and transport ties.
In the year 1999-2000, total domestic and international air traffic across India was about 38 million passengers, according to the Airports Authority of India.
Owners inevitably paint the exteriors in a cheerful riot of bright red, green, orange, blue and yellow and line the un-air-conditioned cabs with teakwood to keep them cooler in India's searing heat.
Arun Mishra, India's director general of civil aviation, said permission for the one-off flights was granted following a request from Air India, so the jets could be maintained at its Mumbai facility.
The army's drive to upgrade its equipment comes amidst an overall modernization drive of India's armed forces--including its air force and navy--as neighbors China and Pakistan also expand their military capabilities.
The deal's finalization would be key to the efforts by India's air force to upgrade its mainly Soviet-vintage weaponry to partly catch up with China as well as Pakistan which are also upgrading their defense equipment.
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India's priority is to provide its people with electricity, and one day air-conditioners.
The hottest market is India, where the combination of a staid state broadcaster with a free-to-air monopoly and fierce competition among cable and satellite companies has boosted pay-TV.
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