Boeing targets Jet, Air India Express and Spicejet for B737 MAXs

Boeing has targeted Air India Express, Spicejet and Jet Airways as potential customers for its new B737 MAX aircraft, scheduled to enter commercial operations in 2017.

Speaking to the Economic Times of India, Dinesh Keskar, the Senior Vice President Sales, Asia Pacific and India of Boeing said: "SpiceJet, Jet Airways and Air India Express are the three target customers for the new Boeing 737 MAX planes" given they would already be B737NG operators. He went on to add that "we think this airplane can further enhance (these airlines') profitability".

Air India Express currently operates twenty-one B737-800s, Spicejet thirty-six B737-800s and six B737-900(ER)s, and Jet Airways the most prolific of the lot with six B737-700s, forty-nine B737-800s and four B737-900s.

Source: CH-Aviation