State-run Air India has decided not to pursue its plan to take B777s from grounded Jet AirwaysNSE -3.11 % as it has found it commercially unviable given their huge maintenance requirement.
“The engineering unit has done the work around the B777s and found no merit in taking them,” said an airline executive.
A few weeks back, Air India had shown keen interest to take 5 wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft of Jet Airways on dry/wet lease and initiated talks with the crisis-hit airline’s lead lender SBINSE 0.81 %.