"The whole thing is delayed because of the delay in deliveries of aircraft due to Pratt and Whitney (P&W) engine challenges," a senior official of the airline told PTI.He was, however, quick to add that they are "now getting a whole lot of deliveries and the P&W engine issues have also been sorted out. "Maintaining that everything is now back on track, a senior official of the airline today said, "Hopefully, we should be able to commence overseas flights by the first quarter of next year. "We are working on our international operations but then it also depends on how things fall in place because various permissions and approvals are yet to come through," the official said. "As soon as possible we want to start it, subject to al the approvals. We will definitely start (operations) in winters some time," he said.Without sharing the specific details of the schedule, the official said that Doha, Phuket and Male are the likely destinations to begin with, adding that "a final call on the inaugural route is expected to be finalised soon.

Source: Economic Times November 26, 2017 09:56 UTC