New Delhi/ Mumbai: Spicejet will finalize fleet expansion order in next three months, said Neil Mills, the airline Chief Executive Officer. Mills said that
the airline is in talks with both Airbus and Boeing and is evaluating both next generation fuel efficient variants of narrow-bodied planes
from Boeing and Airbus.
Mills said, “We are looking at the fleet for the long term. We are evaluating both Boeing 737 Max and Airbus 320 NEO.”
He refused to give details of the order size yet he said it won’t be a big order of 100 planes.
Currently, Spicejet has 36 Boeing 737s and 12 Bombardier. By 2016, Mills expects to have 50 Boeing -737s and 30 Bomardiers. Spicejet is inducting 3 Bombardiers in December, 2012.
Spicejet still has the option to induct 15 Bombardiers within next year and a half.
30/10/12 Disha Kanwar & Aneesh Phadnis/Business Standard
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the airline is in talks with both Airbus and Boeing and is evaluating both next generation fuel efficient variants of narrow-bodied planes
from Boeing and Airbus.
Mills said, “We are looking at the fleet for the long term. We are evaluating both Boeing 737 Max and Airbus 320 NEO.”
He refused to give details of the order size yet he said it won’t be a big order of 100 planes.
Currently, Spicejet has 36 Boeing 737s and 12 Bombardier. By 2016, Mills expects to have 50 Boeing -737s and 30 Bomardiers. Spicejet is inducting 3 Bombardiers in December, 2012.
Spicejet still has the option to induct 15 Bombardiers within next year and a half.
30/10/12 Disha Kanwar & Aneesh Phadnis/Business Standard
