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Indralair Confirms Purchase Order With Xiandai Group Worth $3.08 Billion INS
Indrala’s largest airline commits to local manufacturer Xiandai for renewal of aging fleet


Xiandai's first X400 labelled "experimental"

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Tian'an: Indralair announced in a press release Thursday the details of its commitment to purchase 29 X400s, Xiandai’s newest and most competitive airliner. Each plane is worth a reported $70 million INS, but unconfirmed sources have said that Indralair got a heavily incentivized price. This comes just as Xiandai revealed it was laying off more than 36,000 employees amid financial troubles. While no one from the government has commented, it appears that there is some confidence flowing in to Xiandai from an outside source. It is currently illegal for the government to subside industry however the governing Republicans have been in favour of government subsidies for all of its history up until it recently entered into a coalition government with the Nationalist Party. Rumours have been swirling that the Republicans want to go back on legislation introduced last year that would prohibit the government from investing in companies.

New, Innovative and Bold

The purchase order is for 43 jets in total, with Indralair adding 14 more X200s to its pre-existing fleet of just 2 of the 6-year old medium to short range aircraft. The X400, Xiandai’s newest model and first real splash into the competitive commercial aircraft market, is a highly fuel efficient medium to long range airliner with the capacity for 174 passengers. It has a range of 5555 km and can carry considerably more cargo than Indralair’s existing fleet of 20-year-old aircraft. This added cargo capacity is important for Indrala’s fishing industry, which relies heavily on Indralair for access to foreign markets. Indralair was expected to purchase foreign airliners of the same class as the X400, but the company made an unexpected decision to go back on its intentions and buy local.



Timing is Key

This announcement comes a week after Indralair announced 4 new holiday destinations and an increase in regional service within the smaller cities and towns in Indrala. The company will have enough aircraft to fulfill increasing demand for new routes once Xiandai delivers the final X400 to Indralair in 4283. The company is expected to release more details on the increased service routes and its modernized fleet in the coming months.

More to come…

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Originally posted by Treehugger on 29 September 2017.