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Air India had placed an order for 68 Boeing Jet airliners back in December 2005. It was the largets commercial airplane order in India’s civil aviation history. India is currently going through an aviation boom, both domestically and internationally.

Air India will use this 777-200LR to become the first India-based operator to offer direct, nonstop flights between the United States and India. It begins service to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport from Mumbai, India, on Aug. 1.

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India is currently undergoing an aviation boom, with a host of new players in the game.
Kingfisher Airlines, Indigo Blue, Deccan, Jet Airways, Spice Jet are among the relatively new entrants that are entering the fray with new aircraft, superior service and competitive prices.

The fleet of the merged Air India-Indian Airlines entity is aging and needs new aircraft in order to compete. They have already placed an order for 111 planes worth over $10 billion. However, new analysis suggests that they may need 60 more aircraft.

Of these, at least 30 are likely to be wide bodied aircraft for which the options are Boeing 747, 777 and 787 apart from the Airbus A310 and Airbus 330s. For the narrow bodied aircraft, the options are Boeing 737 and the Airbus 320 family.

Either way, this is good news for both Boeing and Airbus, and of course the air traveller’s in India.

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GE Commercial Aviation has put in an order for six Boeing 777 aircraft.

Boeing said that the deal would be worth around $1.42 billion. The deal will provide GE Commercial Aviation Services with the flexible option to change the model of the aircraft to passenger models later, if necessary.

The first of the 777 Freighters will be delivered from the fourth quarter of 2008.

In addition to this, Boeing also announced that it has won an order for 40 airplanes from Jakarta-based airliner Lion Air.

According to Boeing the Indonesian airline had ordered 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplanes, which are worth over $3 billion at list prices. The 40 fresh orders bring the total number of 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplanes ordered by Lion Air to 100.

Lion Air operates an all Boeing fleet and is one of the largest low cost airliner in Asia.

Boeing will deliver a total of seven 737-900ERs in 2007 to Lion Air.

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