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Air India to Get Last of 50 Boeing Jets Made for Chinese Peers
Hindustan Times Ranchi
|April 03, 2025
Air India Ltd.'s windfall of 737 Max jets amid a broader shortage of new planes is coming to an end.
After adding two Boeing Co. aircraft a month on average since September 2023 as the US manufacturer cleared a backlog of the jets it had originally built for Chinese carriers, the pool will run dry by June, people familiar with the matter said, leaving the Indian airline with little visibility around fresh deliveries in the months ahead.
Air India's easy supply was thanks to a supply chain quirk. Boeing was able to divert 737 Max jets built for Chinese carriers, including Shanghai Airlines Co., as they deferred taking deliveries following regulatory concerns about the safety of a lithium battery in the planes' cockpit voice recorders.
This story is from the April 03, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Ranchi.
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