Over the weekend, Amranand inspected an Airbus A330-300 that had arrived from Hamburg – the first of a set of five aircraft whose cabin enhancements had been delayed by Japanese seatmaker Koito’s admission last year it had fast-tracked assembly procedures. The anomaly, seen to have compromised safety, also put back orders of Singapore Airlines, Continental and All Nippon Airways. Thai expects the rest of the batch to be delivered on a monthly basis with the next A330 to arrive on April 10.
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