Solved
Sorry guys
Have sorted out with following added to the ckEditor config.js file.
" config.protectedSource.push( /<i class[\s\S]*?\>/g );
config.protectedSource.push( /<\/i>/g );
CKEDITOR.dtd.$removeEmpty['i'] = false; "
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