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Air India receives DGCA approval for electronic technical logbooks on Boeing 787, with Boeing 777 rollout authorized

The DGCA has cleared Air India to use Electronic Technical Logbooks (ETL) as the primary technical document for its Boeing 787 fleet and authorized parallel ETL implementation across its Boeing 777 fleet. The carrier said the shift will replace paper records with real-time digital data to improve operational performance, safety and sustainability.

Discovered 2026-07-13T03:44:40.923526-07:00 | 2026-07-13T03:44:40.923526-07:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

  • DGCA authorization for ETL as the “primary technical document” for the 787 fleet—and parallel rollout for 777s—indicates regulatory acceptance of paperless technical governance across Air India’s widebody operations.
  • For airlines managing maintenance and airworthiness data at scale, ETL implementation affects how compliance, technical troubleshooting, and operational oversight are executed in day-to-day aircraft dispatch.
  • Air India frames the program as improving safety, operational performance and sustainability, linking fleet digitization to measurable fleet-management outcomes as it expands Boeing widebody usage.

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2026-07-13T03:44:40.923526-07:00
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