Airbus bullish on Indian aviation story

New Delhi: European aircraft major Airbus continues to remain upbeat over the prospects of Indian aviation. The company's executive V-P Kiran Rao on Tuesday said its Indian customers have not cancelled any order of the A-380 planes and the merger of Kingfisher-Deccan led to a combined order of 200 aircraft, though the airline has asked for rescheduling of deliveries.
"All other airlines will get planes on schedule as there is no request for deferred deliveries. We were in touch with Kingfisher-Deccan when the merger was on and felt that together the aircraft intake could not be as fast as for two different airlines...," Kiran Rao, who was in India to attend Kingfisher's launch of global operation, said.
Kingfisher has requested for delayed delivery (2010-12) of 32 A-320, which were supposed to join the fleet in 2008-09.
However, Airbus doesn't except big orders like 100 or 50 planes from Indian carriers at present, as seen in the last few years.
The next round of big orders, the company feels, could start after 2010, by when the growth rate could settle to a mature level of 6% to 7% instead of the 20% that were recorded earlier.
03/09/08 Times of India

To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline

Categories: Foreign Sep 2008, Indian Aviation- In General Sep 2008