The carrier belonging to a Tata group, which needs a planes urgently to accelerate its renewal, plans to approach Boeing on the acquisition of a certain number of jets that the plan of the plan of the plan of the US was prepared for the Chinese airlines before the reciprocal rates did not thwart the airline and did not want to be identified because the information is not public.
Air India is also impatient to take slots for future deliveries if they become available, people said. The carrier benefited from the decline of China in the past – until March, he had accepted 41,737 Max jets originally built for Chinese airlines. Their deliveries had been deferred due to problems including safety problems with lithium batteries in vocal recorders of the cockpit of planes.
The representatives of Air India and Boeing refused to comment. The Malaysia BHD aviation group. As many talks with Boeing about the delivery slots canceled by Chinese carriers, Bernama reported on Sunday.
The government was informed by the government not to accept Boeing aircraft, Bloomberg News reported last week after Beijing established reciprocal prices up to 125% on American manufacturing goods. About 10 planes were being prepared for delivery at the time, and some 737 maximum planes in China have already been returned to the United States.
All Boeing aircraft already built or in progress will present complications for potential buyers, because the cabin configurations for many will have already been fixed by the original customer, and certain payments will have been made. The interest of non -Chinese airlines is likely to soften the short -term blow for Boeing, one of the most prominent American exporters, if the tariff war continued. However, the trade conflict can complicate efforts to complete a so-called shadow plant for the 737 stored this summer. The American manufacturer should offer an update on the situation with its quarterly results this week. The evaluation between Washington and Beijing has given Airbus in Europe on Boeing in China in recent years. In the longer term, geopolitics threatens to close Boeing in one of the largest aircraft markets in the world.
Air India is more interested in the Max terminals already made for its Air India Express unit, said the people. The airline is trying to build the low -cost subsidiary as part of its challenge to Interglobe Aviation Ltd., which operates the dominant carrier of India, Indigo.
Air India was to receive about nine other stored 737 until June, bringing the total count to 50 planes, reported Bloomberg News earlier this month. The swimming pool was to be dry in a few months, but with the American-Chinese pricing war, the landscape, the Air India Boeing Channel could continue.
The plans are generally repainted in Bengaluru. Air India Express intends to replace business class on those it receives by the economy by April 2026, but progress has been slowed down by supply chain problems, people said.
The remaining 140 deliveries of the India air order in 2023 should only start after March 2026, putting the airline in danger of gaining more delay in the indigo if he cannot guarantee any newly released Boeing plane.
Air India growth should also slow down due to a renovation program that will temporarily remove certain fleet jets and a plan to eliminate certain Airbus models. The chief executive officer, Campbell Wilson, said last month that the company was trying to court customers with cheaper rates while he was trying to compensate for dated cabins and upgrading delays.
