Re-bouncing from its loss-making hiatus only a year earlier, SpiceJet is on fleet expansion spree. Talks for the purchase of more than 100 single-aisle jets worth $11 billion at list prices are on between the Indian carrier, Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), and Airbus Group SE.
Cueing on what would be the largest ever plane order made by the Indian budget airlines, the stocks of the company rose by 5.6 percent racing to INR 28.10, the highest intraday level in two years.
Co-founder and Chairman Ajay Singh stated in an interview that the discussions for the Airbus A320Neo and Boeing 737 Max aircraft were on and that a deal could be during the current financial year. He stated that the order would be for more than 100 planes and the investments would be made at the time of the order depending upon the volume of the planes and their price. The investment due in SpiceJet would be in the form of debt or new shares as stated by CFO Kiran Koteshwar.
Currently SpiceJet flies 2 Airbus planes and 18 Boeing 737 jets and this would be the first purchase from the French company. Other carriers such as IndiGo, AirAsia and Singapore Airlines Ltd fly only Airbus jets. There is a growing demand for new aircrafts as more and more people are flying. Last year, Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) had forecasted that India needs 1,600 new planes valued at $205 billion in the next two decades.
Whether the talks materialize into a deal is yet to be seen because similar talks and agreement between IndiGo and Airbus in October 2014 for 250 A320 Neo planes is yet to see light. The final deal between the two companies has not been signed although they are still in talks.
SpiceJet’s posting a positive second quarter is very encouraging as the company had ran into financial trouble last year and was on the verge of shutting down. However, under the able-guidance of Singh, the company bounced back and posted two consecutive quarters of profit. Last year, it ordered 42 737 Max planes that were valued at $4.4 billion. These are upgraded version of the single aisle 737 sporting more efficient engines.
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Commercial Airplanes Segment
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Network & Space Systems Segment
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Global Services & Support
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