Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet Ltd may consider taking some of the Boeing 737 ...
NEW DELHI - Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet Ltd SPJT.NS may consider taking some of the Boeing 737 MAX planes that were due to be delivered to now bankrupt Jet Airways but are still sitting in Seattle, its chairman said on Friday.
SpiceJet has already agreed to take four Jet 737 MAX planes on the ground in India, he said. More remain on the ground in Seattle, having not been delivered due to payment issues or because they were produced after a global grounding of the 737 MAX fleet in March after two fatal crashes. Boeing has said it expects the 737 MAX could return to service in the United States by the end of the year but Singh said it could take until January before its planes start flying again as the Indian regulators would also need to certify it.He told Bloomberg last month that the airline was weighing an order for 100 Airbus long-range A321 planes.
Despite the groundings, SpiceJet has expanded rapidly, taking advantage of Jet’s collapse in April to take up over 30 of its rivals former 737 NG planes, flying more passengers and raising fares.
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