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Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet has increased its order for Boeing 737 Max airliners. [Photo: Neelam Mathews]
March 12, 2014, 11:53 AM
India’s SpiceJet has confirmed an order for 42 of Boeing’s new 737 Max 8 narrrowbodies. The $4.4 billion deal was previously logged as being for an unidentified customer by Boeing and was announced on Wednesday at the India Aviation show in Hyderabad. It includes changes to previously announced business.
The contract builds on a deal signed by SpiceJet in 2010 when it ordered 25 737 NGs with deliveries to start in 2015. Now SpiceJet has converted 12 of these to the new Max 8 model, featuring the more fuel-efficient CFM International Leap 1-B engine, adding to the 30 Max 8s that it already has on order. Currently, the SpiceJet fleet comprises 15 Bombardier Q400s and 43 Boeing 737-900ER/800s, with four more expected to be delivered by December.
“SpiceJet greatly values the ties we have built over the years with Boeing. The Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft, the mainstay of the fleet ever since SpiceJet started operations, have vindicated our choice by their endurance, reliability and cost effectiveness,” said S.L. Narayanan, group CFO for SpiceJet parent company The Sun Group. “The induction of Boeing 737 Max will further modernize our fleet and ensure that we operate the most efficient fleet well into the future.”
“The order is a tremendous endorsement of the 737 Max’s unsurpassed fuel efficiency,” said Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president of Asia Pacific and India sales for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, who has recently made huge sales in Asia Pacific.
Great.. That is a wonderful news. I think it will help Spicejet to perform even better and work for customer satisfaction. They are using technology in the right way. Great blog ! Neelam thank you for sharing this really informative piece of article with us.
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