JET AIRWAYS DEFERS INDUCTION OF BOEING 787 DREAMLINERS

Jet Airways has deferred the induction of Boeing 787 Dreamliners that was planned to commence end of 2017. This decision comes in the wake of fresh assessment of business priorities which indicates the need for consolidation of business as well as deferment of increase in wide-body capacity. According to the original plan, Jet Airways was expected to receive the first of the 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliner on order in last quarter of 2017. “We are currently upgrading capacity on key international routes by deploying the six Boeing 777 aircraft that are returning from lease. A decision on the induction of additional wide-body aircraft will be based on the outcome of the review,” said a Jet spokesperson. The spokesperson did not state when the airline would again start receiving the Boeing 787s, but a source indicated that it is likely to do so from 2019. Jet’s original order was for the Boeing 787-8 variant (currently flown by Air India), which it later converted to the bigger variant, the 787-9. This variant has a longer range and higher seat capacity of 290, in a standard two-class configuration. The Boeing 787-9 has a list price of $264.6 million per unit.