Air India is in conversations with Boeing to acquire 737 Max Jets initially built for Chinese airlines, since commercial tensions between the United States and China interrupt deliveries. | Photo credit:
Air India Ltd. is looking to take Boeing Co. planes rejected by Chinese aircraft carriers, according to people’s family with the matter, joining the ranks of Asian airlines that compete to benefit from the commercial war between Washington and Beijing.
The Tata Group aircraft carrier, which urgently needs aircraft to accelerate its revival, plans to approach Boeing Boeing astonishment of several airplanes that the United States planner was preparing for Chinese airlines before tifcating people, according to, according to people. Indian airline and did not want to be identified
Air India is also anxious to occupy spaces for future deliveries if available, people said. The carrier has benefited from China’s setback in the past: until March, he had accepted 41 737 Max Jets originally built for Chinese airlines. Their deliveries had been deferred due to problems that include safety conerns with lithium batteries in the voice recorders of the plans.
The representatives of Air India and Boeing declined to comment. Malaysia Aviation Group BHD. He is also in conversations with Boeing about delivery spaces unoccupied by Chinese carriers, Bernama reported Sunday.
The government told Chinese airlines not to accept Boeing airplanes, Bloomberg News reported last week, after Beijing established reciprocal tariffs or up to 125% in goods made with the United States. About 10 aircraft for delivery were preparing at that time, and about 737 Jets Max in China have already returned to the United States.
Any Boeing plane already built or in progress will present complications for potential buyers, since the cabin configuration for many will have already been established by the original customer, and some payments will have been made.
It is likely that the interest of non -Chinese airlines soft the short -term blow for Boeing, one of the highest -profile US exporters, in case the tariff war continues. Even so, the commercial conflict can complicate efforts to reduce a so -called shadow factory for the 737 stored this summer. The American manufacturer is expected to provide an update on the situation with its quarterly results this week.
The friction between Washington and Beijing has given Boeing’s advantage in China in China in recent years. In the long term, the geopolitics Theoatens will close to Boeing from the world’s largest aircraft markets.
Air India is interested in more of the Max Crosmodies already made for its Air India Express unit, people said. The airline is trying to build the low -cost subsidiary as part of its challenge to Interglobe Aviation Ltd., which operates the dominant carrier of India, Indigo.
Air India received around nine 737 more stored until June, taking the total count to 50 planes, Bloomberg News reported earlier this month. The pool was expected to dry in a couple of months, but with the tariff war in the United States and the rate re -founding the landscape, the unexpected Boeing’s profit from Air India could continue.
Airplanes are generally repainted in Bengaluru. Air India Express intends to replace those of executive class that he receives with the economy in April 2026, but progress has been slowed down by the problems of the supply chain, people said.
It is not expected that the remaining 140 narrow deliveries of the 2023 order of Air India will begin until after March 2026, which puts the airline at risk of staying further behind indigo if you cannot ensure the newly released Boeing aircraft of NE.
Air India’s growth is also slow due to a modernization program that will temporarily eliminate some jets from its fleet and a plan to gradually eliminate some Airbus models. Executive director Campbell Wilson said last month that the company is trying to attract customers with cheaper rates, since it seeks to compensate for the cabins of the dates and delays in the update.
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Posted on April 21, 2025
