Boeing makes further inroads in the Indian aviation market with big Akasa Air order
Hindustan TimesThe much-awaited “triple digit” order from Akasa Air was finally signed at Wings India yesterday. Visitors gathered near an Akasa Air aircraft during the 'Wings India 2024', an exhibition and conference on civil aviation, at the Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad on January 18, 2024. After the fall of Jet Airways, there were less than 100 Boeing narrowbodies in India as Air India Express did not grow its fleet awaiting privatisation and SpiceJet continued its financial spiral. Boeing's first breakthrough was with Akasa Air in November of 2021 while the next big one came with Air India group. Tail Note The order gives further boost to fleet renewal efforts in India where 70% of the narrow body fleet is either MAX or NEO, the new generation planes from Being and Airbus respectively.