Aircraft
Boeing Books Blockbuster Max Order from Spicejet
Follows up on big order for Airbus from fellow Indian LCC GoAir
Spicejet, which now flies 32 Boeing 737-800s, harbors expansion plans centered around a new order for 100 Boeing 737 Max 8s. (Photo: Boeing)
Spicejet, which now flies 32 Boeing 737-800s, harbors expansion plans centered around a new order for 100 Boeing 737 Max 8s. (Photo: Boeing)

A busy week for narrowbody airliner orders reached a climax on Friday with Boeing’s announcement that India’s Spicejet had placed a new firm order for 100 737 Max 8s. Boeing and Spicejet celebrated the deal, together with a previously revealed contract covering 43 Max jets, another order initially attributed to an unidentified customer for 13 of the re-engined narrobodies and purchase rights for another 50, during signing ceremony in New Delhi on Friday. The value of the commitments, based on list prices, totals some $22 billion.