Air India, Jet plan to buy 60 Boeings

Mumbai: Aircraft manufacturer Boeing is negotiating with the country’s two major carriers Air India and Jet Airways for 60 wide-bodied aircraft.
The combined deals are expected to be valued at $15 billion. Most of these aircraft are being bought for use on international routes.
"Airlines in India like Jet Airways and Air India have firm orders with Boeing for delivery till the year 2011. Now they are planning beyond that in view of expected market growth," said Dinesh Keskar, senior vice-president (sales), Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Air India is studying how many aircraft it requires and Jet Airways is also planning more wide-bodied aircraft to service the expansion of its international network.
Said S Venkat, executive director (finance), Air India, "The airline will finalise the orders it is going to place with aircraft manufacturers in the next three months. A high-level committee set up to examine the total number of aircraft required beyond 2011 will submit a growth projection and a Request for Proposal has already been made."
Jet Airways Executive Director Saroj Datta said: "We will take a final decision on the new aircraft only after looking at the market situation."
14/02/08 Manisha Singhal/Business Standard

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