Jet Airways will get a new-look Boeing 737, with improved cabin features and LED lighting in September, Boeing India president Dinesh Keskar stated the following on Thursday.
Last year, Boeing upgraded the cabin of its Boeing 737 with new features for instance LED lighting, larger overhead bins and new ceiling panels. It says the changes are cost-effective. For instance, the new lights inside cabin are longer lasting and energy efficient, with an estimated 40,000 hours life in between replacements. This compares with 4,000 hours for the previous typical of lights.
Jet is the first Indian air carrier to acquire Boeing 737s with these features.
Air India Express and SpiceJet also operate Boeing 737s.
Announcing Boeing's industry forecast for India, Keskar stated Boeing had an order book of 110 planes from India, for instance 37 Boeing 787s for Air India and Jet Airways and Boeing 737s for Jet Airways and SpiceJet. The deliveries will be complete in five years. The first Boeing 787 to Air India will be delivered inside last quarter of 2011.
The plane manufacturer estimates India will require 1,320 planes over the following 20 many years but Keskar feels there will be no demand for an Airbus A380 or a dedicated cargo freighter from India. More than 80 per cent on the required planes would be narrow system ones like the 737 or the Airbus A320, he said.
He stated the Boeing management was yet to decide whether to overhaul the engine on the 737 or to develop an altogether new plane for this segment.
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