Budget carrier SpiceJet may place an order for at least 100 Airbus SE planes which may cost the airline over $10 billion as Boeing is yet to emerge out of the woes created by 737 Max grounding. One of India’s biggest domestic airlines, SpiceJet is a major global buyer of Boeing’s now grounded Max aircraft and is mulling the purchase of a sizable number of Airbus A321LR and XLR jets as the airline looks to ramp up operations, Ajay Singh, Chairman, SpiceJet said on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported. While the airline has not yet decided upon the same, SpiceJet may also consider purchasing a competing midrange jetliner if Boeing decides to come up with one, the report added.
“Airbus has pushed us hard since the day we started flying Boeing aircraft, and of course with the current problems, they’ve pushed us harder,” Bloomberg quoted Ajay Singh as saying at the news agency’s headquarters in New York. Ajay Singh admitted that the European plane supplier has made an offer and SpiceJet is evaluating it.
