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Bullish on India: Mr Dinesh Keskar, Senior Vice-President - Sales, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, addressing a press conference in Mumbai on Wednesday.

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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.

According to Boeing’s 2008 forecast, the air travel in India will grow at an average rate of 8 per cent annually over the next 20 years, the fastest pace in the world, and more than twice the global average, he said.

In its annual outlook, Boeing forecast that India will need 1,001 new aircraft worth $105 billion by 2027.

The maximum increase will come in for commercial planes in the 100 to 400 seat categories, the company said.

Boeing currently has an order for 103 aircraft from India to be delivered by 2014. Mr Keskar added that the company is not seeing any deferrals or cancellation of orders from the country.

Commenting on the delays in Boeing787 Dreamliner aircraft, Mr Keskar said that deliveries will begin only from the third quarter of 2009 with Japanese carrier ANA getting the first aircraft. Air India will get its first Boeing 787 in Q4 of 2009, he said. Boeing will deliver 25 Dreamliners next year.

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