New aircraft: India's airlines have big plans
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The airlines in India are expected to add around 370 aircraft worth Rs 150,000 crore (Rs 1.5 trillion) to their fleet by FY17, according to a study by Assocham.
Take a look at the mega expansion plans of India's airlines...
Jet Airways
Number of aircraft expected to be added by 2017: 79
Estimate value of aircraft to be added: Rs 32,000 crore (Rs 320 billion)
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Source: Report of Working Group on Civil Aviation for formulation of Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17)
Image: Jet Airways aircraft taxi on the tarmac at the domestic airport in Mumbai.
Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters.
New aircraft: India's airlines have big plans
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Kingfisher
Number of aircraft expected to be added by 2017: 78
Estimate value of aircraft to be added: Rs 29,700 crore (Rs 297 billion)
Kingfisher's plans, however, will not materialise as it is already burdened with a debt of $1.4 billion.
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Photographs: Reuters,
New aircraft: India's airlines have big plans
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IndiGo
Number of aircraft expected to be added by 2017: 69
Estimate value of aircraft to be added: Rs 26,100 crore (Rs 261 billion)
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Image: A passenger walks past the nose of an Indigo Airlines A320 aircraft before boarding it on the tarmac at Bengaluru International Airport.
Photographs: Vivek Prakash/Reuters.
New aircraft: India's airlines have big plans
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Spicejet
Number of aircraft expected to be added by 2017: 68
Estimate value of aircraft to be added: Rs 26,100 crore (Rs 261 billion)
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Image: Spicejet.
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Air India
Number of aircraft expected to be added by 2017: 40
Estimate value of aircraft to be added: Rs 18,000 crore (Rs 180 billion)
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Image: Air India.
Photographs: Reuters.








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