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Boeing aims to deliver around 25 aircraft to airlines in India in CY 2026 with improvement in production rate of its Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
“We will be delivering planes at the rate of two aircraft per month. There are no delivery delays,” Boeing’s managing director (commercial sales and marketing), Indian subcontinent, Ashwini Naidu said at Wings India event in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Fresh deliveries will include both 737 Max ( for Akasa Air and Air India Express) and 787-9s for Air India. Last year Indian carriers had received 19 Boeing aircraft.
Deliveries of 737 Max aircraft had slowed down as US Federal Aviation Administration had capped the production of the jetliner to 38 a month following a safety incident in January 2024. Last October the plane maker secured the regulatory nod to increase production to 42 planes a month – a development that augurs well with India which is the fastest growing aviation market.
Boeing estimates that India and South Asia’s passenger air traffic will annually rise 7 per cent over the next 20 years. This would require addition of nearly 3,300 planes by 2044, Boeing said in its commercial market outlook that was released at Wings India event.
“As air travel becomes more integral to how people and goods move in India and South Asia, airlines will strengthen networks, scale fleets and invest in services and technical personnel to support long-term growth,” Naidu said.
“More efficient, versatile airplanes will enable robust growth opportunities for the region’s established and emerging airlines,” he added.
Boeing projects the India and South Asia aviation industry will also need approximately 141,000 new professionals, including about 45,000 pilots, 45,000 technicians and 51,000 cabin crew, over the next two decades
Published on January 28, 2026
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