Boeing’s top 737 Max buyer in India weighs 100-Jet Airbus deal
SpiceJet is weighing an order for at least 100 Airbus planes as Boeing grapples with the fallout over its grounded 737 Max. The carrier, a major global customer for the Max, may buy a “sizeable” number of Airbus A321LR and XLR jets to accommodate a planned expansion, SpiceJet chairman Ajay Singh said Tuesday. No decision has been made, he said, and the airline would consider a competing midrange jetliner if Boeing decides to build one. Airbus has “pushed us hard since the day we started flying Boeing aircraft, and of course with the current problems, they’ve pushed us harder,” Singh said. “They have made us a commercial offer and we are evaluating it.” The discussions with Airbus threaten Boeing with a high-profile defection at a time when the planemaker is enmeshed in one of the biggest crises in its history. <br/>
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Boeing’s top 737 Max buyer in India weighs 100-Jet Airbus deal
SpiceJet is weighing an order for at least 100 Airbus planes as Boeing grapples with the fallout over its grounded 737 Max. The carrier, a major global customer for the Max, may buy a “sizeable” number of Airbus A321LR and XLR jets to accommodate a planned expansion, SpiceJet chairman Ajay Singh said Tuesday. No decision has been made, he said, and the airline would consider a competing midrange jetliner if Boeing decides to build one. Airbus has “pushed us hard since the day we started flying Boeing aircraft, and of course with the current problems, they’ve pushed us harder,” Singh said. “They have made us a commercial offer and we are evaluating it.” The discussions with Airbus threaten Boeing with a high-profile defection at a time when the planemaker is enmeshed in one of the biggest crises in its history. <br/>
