Go Air plane order likely at Singapore Air Show at Changi

BY A CORRESPONDENT
February 15, 2006

Go Air, the low-budget airline owned by the Wadias of Bombay Dyeing is planning to announce a plane acquisition order at the Asian Aerospace Exhibition (Singapore Airshow 2006), influential financial daily Economic Times reported. Quoting aviation industry sources, the report said that Go Air will probably place orders for Airbus at the Asian Aerospace Show.

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Jeh Wadia, MD of Go Air has already indicated his intention to expand fleet. Indian airlines had made an impact at the Paris Air Show last year, with upcoming airline IndiGo placing an order for 100 Airbus planes. Kingfisher too had made an order for the Airbus superjumo aircraft.

Indian airlines have been on an expansion spree, adding planes and services. Air Deccan has already announced an ambitious plan to buy 112 Airbus planes across nine years. Air India recently placed a massive order for 68 aircraft with Boeing. Airlines big and small are all expanding fleet in a booming market. It is expected that the Singapore Air Show will provide a platform for many more airlines to place orders.