American city rides on Indian aviation boom

posted by   uday (85)   15 months ago (avindia.blogspot.com)

Seattle:Central to Boeing and Seattle's revival is a booming aviation industry in Asia, particularly India and China. Last year, Air India ordered 68 Boeing planes worth a staggering $ 11.6 billion. The order breaks into 18 short-haul 737-800s for Air India Express, and eight 777-200 LRs, 15 777-300 ERs and 27 Dreamliner 787-8s for Air India, a monolith that has never ordered more than eight airpl