NEW YORK (TIP): Air India is scheduled to take delivery of the four remaining dreamliners – Boeing 787-8 planes – this year with the last one to be delivered in October. The airline has acquired 23 dreamliners from September 2012 to January 9, 2017, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha told the Lok Sabha, acknowledging the aircraft ‘have experienced technical reliability issues’ since induction.

Terminals at 4 ports for cruise tourism: To boost cruise tourism, the government has developed terminals at four major ports – Mumbai, Mormugao, New Mangalore and Cochin – and also allowed foreign vessels to call without licence from the Director General of Shipping, Parliament was informed . Also, a new cruise terminal is under development at Chennai Port and scheduled to be completed by February.