Slowdown in Indian aviation may end in a year: Boeing

Mumbai, July 23

The current downturn in the Indian aviation industry would end in the next 10 to 12 months as the sector reduces flights and resolves overcapacity issues, said the US-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing here on Wednesday.

Declaring the Boeing’s market outlook for India in 2008, Mr Dinesh A. Keskar, Senior Vice-President, Sales, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said that the Indian carriers can resolve the overcapacity problems by flying to smaller towns and expanding overseas operations.

“The solution is not in grounding the aircraft but optimizing their usage. One definite good news for the industry is that not much capacity is being inducted this year,” Mr Keskar said.

Maintaining that passenger traffic growth in India will remain bullish, he said, that the demand for air travel will match the high rate of economic growth in the country.

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