India’s fast-growing civil aviation market has the scope to have 130-150 more wide-body planes as airlines expand their operations and there is also the potential for more such aircraft to be deployed in dense domestic routes, GE Aerospace South Asia CEO Vikram Rai said. GE Aerospace, a leading aircraft engine maker, sees a “great potential” in India, which is also the world’s third largest aviation market and domestic airlines have nearly 1,500 aircraft on order.
While emphasising that “India is a focus market and a priority market for GE Aerospace”, Rai said that in his view, domestic airlines would consider having more wide-body planes in their fleet and also deploy them in dense domestic routes.
