Mumbai: Marking the official end of its aircraft production in California, the last Boeing C-17 Globemaster III left the Long Beach Assembly Facility on November 29, flying over a crowd before heading to the company’s San Antonio location, where it will remain until delivery to the Qatar Emiri Air Force early in 2016.
The Indian Air Force was hoping to procure three Boeing C-17 aircraft that were cleared for purchase in August, but the prospects appear bleak as the aviation giant has only one C-17 aircraft available for sale now, according to sources
A Boeing Defense, Space & Security representative confirmed to Business Line that there was one unsold aircraft with the company at its San Antonio location, and that all the remaining C-17s had been taken up by other customers.
In addition to the C-17s it built for the US Air Force, the company has delivered over three dozen aircraft to Australia, Canada, India, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, the UK and the NATO Strategic Airlift Capability.
India’s Ministry of Defence had signed a $4.7-billion agreement with the US government in June 2011 to acquire 10 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifters. The sale, approved by the US Congress in May 2010, had established India as the C-17’s largest international customer.
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The Indian Air Force was hoping to procure three Boeing C-17 aircraft that were cleared for purchase in August, but the prospects appear bleak as the aviation giant has only one C-17 aircraft available for sale now, according to sources
A Boeing Defense, Space & Security representative confirmed to Business Line that there was one unsold aircraft with the company at its San Antonio location, and that all the remaining C-17s had been taken up by other customers.
In addition to the C-17s it built for the US Air Force, the company has delivered over three dozen aircraft to Australia, Canada, India, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, the UK and the NATO Strategic Airlift Capability.
India’s Ministry of Defence had signed a $4.7-billion agreement with the US government in June 2011 to acquire 10 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifters. The sale, approved by the US Congress in May 2010, had established India as the C-17’s largest international customer.
30/11/15 Amrita Nair-Ghaswalla/Business Line
