2024-01-18 10:51:16
Published on: 01/18/2024 – 11:51 Modified on: 01/18/2024 – 11:49
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The order, described as “historic” by the CEO of the Indian company, Vinay Dube, concerns the 737 MAX 10 and 737 MAX 8-200.
A Boeing of a different version, the 737 MAX 9, lost a door in flight on January 5 in the United States, leading to a suspension of flights of aircraft of this model.
This order appears to be a breath of fresh air for the American aircraft manufacturer, which has been subject since January 11 to a formal investigation by the American Civil Aviation Regulatory Agency (FAA) into a possible failure in its safety controls. quality.
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun stressed that the company itself was seeking to identify the flaw in its verification system.
Following the incident on January 5, which occurred over Oregon on an Alaska Airlines aircraft, without causing any casualties, the FAA ordered the flight suspension of 171 737 MAX 9 aircraft in the United States. United.
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 on the tarmac at Los Angeles airport, January 8, 2024 © Daniel SLIM / AFP
By Tuesday, Boeing’s stock had plunged to its lowest in two months, with increased scrutiny after the exit likely to weigh heavily on its financial performance.
Eldorado of the air
With this order, Akasa Air, a low-cost airline which has been operating since 2022, aims to become “one of the top 30 airlines in the world”, underlined Mr. Dube. Akasa Air has already ordered 76 Boeing aircraft since 2021.
India’s aviation sector is an El Dorado with the largest expansion in the world in a context of sustained economic growth and the emergence of a substantial middle class in this country of 1.4 billion inhabitants.
The Boeing 737 MAX 9 © Jonathan WALTER, Jean-Michel CORNU / AFP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has announced the construction of 80 airports across the country in 2025.
With this order, Akasa Air becomes “the first Indian company to place a firm order for more than 200 aircraft in 17 months”, underlined the Indian Minister of Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya Scindia, on X.
The minister also noted that India was now the third largest aircraft purchasing country in the world, behind China and the United States.
In June, Mr. Scindia estimated that airlines would order between 1,200 to 1,400 aircraft by 2028.
Certified in March 2017 by the FAA, the 737 MAX is a single-aisle aircraft whose development has been marked by numerous setbacks, including two crashes in 2018 in Indonesia and in 2019 in Ethiopia, which left 346 dead in total. The FAA had required several modifications before authorizing the resumption of flights.
At the end of December 2023, Boeing had delivered more than 1,370 copies of the 737 MAX and its order book still reached more than 4,000 units.
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