Boeing Co. (BA) said it is in talks with Indian carriers including Jet Airways (India) Ltd., SpiceJet Ltd. and Air India to sell them 737 Max aircraft.
The planemaker sees some progress in discussions to get orders for the aircraft from Jet Airways and SpiceJet, Dinesh Keskar, Boeing’s senior vice-president for India and Asia Pacific sales, said at a press conference in Bangalore today. Boeing, which is working with regulators in the U.S. and Japan to get its grounded 787 Dreamliner back in the air, has 1,064 firm orders (BA) globally for the 737 Max single-aisle planes.
The purchase discussions are taking place as Jet Airways is getting closer to a deal with Etihad Airways PJSC that will make the Gulf carrier the first foreign airline to buy into a local operator after India eased ownership rules.
07/02/13 Karthikeyan Sundaram/Bloomberg
