“We will deliver aircraft at the rate of two aircraft per month. There will be no delays in delivery,” Boeing Director (Commercial Sales and Marketing), Indian Subcontinent, Ashwini Naidu said at the Wings India event in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
New deliveries include both 737 Max (for Akasa Air and Air India Express) and 787-9s for Air India. Last year, Indian airlines had received 19 Boeing aircraft.
Deliveries of 737 Max planes had been delayed as the US Federal Aviation Administration limited production of the jet to 38 planes per month after a safety incident in January 2024. Last October, the planemaker got the regulatory signal to increase production to 42 planes per month – a development that bodes well for India, the fastest-growing aviation market.
Boeing estimates that passenger air traffic in India and South Asia will increase 7 percent annually over the next 20 years. This would require adding nearly 3,300 aircraft by 2044, Boeing said in its commercial market outlook released at the Wings India event.
“As air travel becomes increasingly important to the way people and goods move in India and South Asia, airlines will strengthen their networks, scale their fleets and invest in services and technical staff to support long-term growth,” Naidu said.
“More efficient, versatile aircraft will provide robust growth opportunities for the region’s established and emerging airlines,” he added.
According to Boeing, the aviation industry in India and South Asia will also need about 141,000 new professionals over the next two decades, including about 45,000 pilots, 45,000 technicians and 51,000 cabin crew.
Published on January 28, 2026
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