Air India’s Delhi-Hyderabad flight created a new record in Indian aviation history on Monday morning when its Boeing 787 Dreamliner landed in Hyderabad using a new method called ‘Dispatch with No Destination Alternate’.
Regulations require every flight to file a flight plan to an alternative city or airport where the aircraft can land in case of emergency and carry adequate fuel to cover this distance.
This means that the aircraft carries additional fuel which is a dead weight if there is no diversion from the intended destination. The heavier the aircraft, the more fuel it consumes while flying.
