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Boeing to deliver wide-body jets to India

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

The company was to deliver nine such airplanes in the current calendar year, of which it has already supplied two aircrafts.

"There will be more wide-bodied aircraft deliveries in India next year than this year. The deliver of 787 Dreamliner would also start by next year," Boeing senior VP-Sales Dinesh A Keskar told reporters.

 

However, he declined to give the timeline for the delivery of 787 Dreamliner scheduled for next year.

The delivery of seven 777 aircraft, scheduled for the remainder of the current year, would be taken primarily by Jet Airways and Air India.

Boeing would also deliver 12 aircrafts of the 737 series in the current year, apart from the five it has already sent.

Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet, whereas the 737 is a short-medium range narrow body airplane.

The delivery of first Dreamliner 787, for which Boeing's registered strong sales, is slated for third quarter of 2009. While Air India has placed orders for 27 Dreamliner 787-8, Jet Airways has ordered for 10 planes.

The aircraft manufacturer has orders for a total of 100 airplanes from India to be delivered in the next 6-7 years.

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First Published: Apr 29 2008 | 6:03 PM IST

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