India’s SpiceJet Increases Boeing 737 Max Order
AINONLINE by NEELAM MATHEWS 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 NG s 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 Decem...