Boeing forecasts demand for 2300 new airplanes in India over next 20 years

Boeing says India's commercial aviation industry achieved 51 consecutive months of double-digit growth

Boeing has raised its long-term forecast for commercial airplanes in India as unprecedented domestic passenger traffic and rapidly expanding low-cost carriers (LCCs) drive the need for 2300 new jets - valued at US$ 320 billion - over the next 20 years.

This year alone, more than 10 million passengers, on average, traveled within India each month.

"The Indian economy is projected to grow by nearly 350% over the next two decades to become the third largest economy in the world," said Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president of Sales for Asia Pacific and India, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "This will continue to drive the growth of India's middle class and its propensity to travel both domestically and internationally, resulting in the need for more new fuel-efficient short- and long-haul airplanes."

"To meet this increased domestic air traffic growth, we see the vast majority of available airplane seats coming from LCCs," said Keskar. "The success of this market segment will mean more than 80% of all new airplane deliveries in India will be single-aisles. And the superior economics and fuel efficiency of the new 737 MAX airplane will be the perfect choice for Indian carriers."

According to Boeing's Commercial Market Outlook (CMO), India's commercial aviation industry has achieved 51 consecutive months of double-digit growth. This growth is matched in other sectors of the country's economy.

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Airplane type

Seats

Total deliveries

Market value

Regional jets

90 and below

10

<US$ 1 billion

Single-aisle

90 and above

1940

US$ 220 billion

Widebody

200 and above

350

US$ 100 billion

Total

2300

US$ 320 billion

With more than 5% of the world's fleet expected to operate in India by 2037, services will continue to be a major driver of growth in the region's commercial aviation industry. Commercial services such as flight training, engineering and maintenance, digital analytics among others will provide airlines with optimal operational efficiencies as they continue to expand to meet growth in the marketplace. In the South Asian market, including India, Boeing forecasts a commercial services market valued at US$ 430 billion over the next 20 years

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