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AIN NEWS LIVE FROM AEROINDIA  »  2013 by    NEELAM MATHEWS February 7, 2013, 11:32 AM India lost 9 percent of its airline seat capacity as a result of Kingfisher suspending operations since October 1, 2012, when its 66-aircraft fleet was grounded, according to Dinesh Keskar, Boeing’s senior sales vice president for Asia Pacific and India. Speaking at the Aero India show in Bangalore this week, Keskar said that in the short term, with capacity still constrained, profit margins will improve for some airlines, but that some low-cost carriers may find themselves negatively impacted because traffic growth is slowing. “Supply and demand is [now] in balance and India is seeing steady growth,” he commented. Boeing says it still believes in its most recent Current Market Outlook, which sees Indian airlines needing 1,450 new airplanes valued at $175 billion over the next 20 years. Outstanding orders from the Indian market for Boeing include 21 787...

Airframers/Suppliers Aviation Daily Aug 05 , 2010 , p. 06 Neelam Mathews Boeing estimates the Indian aviation market will need 1,150 commercial jets valued at about $130 billion over the next 20 years. Air India’s first Boeing 787 is in final assembly and due for delivery at the end of the first quarter or early second quarter of 2011. In its current Market Outlook for India, Boeing says the aircraft represent 3.6% of Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ worldwide forecast. South Asia (India, Pakistan, Nepal, SriLanka, Bhutan, Maldives and Bangladesh) will have the largest passenger growth in the world at 8.4% surpassing China at 7.6%, Boeing says. South America and the Middle East hold close third (7.4%) and fourth (7.1%) positions. Last year, Boeing had forecast 1,000 deliveries for South Asia. Of the 150 added this year, 50 will be single-aisle models. The Boeing forecast says Asia-Pacific deliveries will grow 34% in the next 20 years with 21% of that growth contributed by bu...