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Old Sep 7, 2005, 9:25 am
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Originally Posted by SEA_Tigger
India is going to need to see triple or even quadruple figure growth to support the sheer number of planes - Airbus and Boeing - going into the market. We're talking hundreds of narrowbodies and widebodies over the next five years going into service.

It's making the Middle Eastern carriers - who have their own massive orders from both suppliers on tap - looking almosy conservative.
With a population almost 3 times the size of the US, it could be feasible.
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