Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet will begin re-inducting its fleet of grounded 737 MAX aircraft from January 29, 2025. In a statement from the airline, it aims to restore ten aircraft to its operational fleet by mid-April, including four 737 MAX planes.
Speaking to Airline Economics in October 2024, SpiceJet chair Ajay Singh stated that the airline placed an order for 200 MAX aircraft with Boeing in 2017.
Before two fatal crashes involving MAX aircraft in 2018 and 2019, SpiceJet had taken delivery of 13 of the aircraft type. Following these incidents, MAX production and deliveries were suspended, and SpiceJet's MAX fleet was grounded.
The airline has entered into services agreements with maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) provider StandardAero and CFM International to restore its MAX fleet, reported the Economic Times.
SpiceJet said that this re-induction of aircraft will allow the airline to serve “high-demand markets” such as Jeddah and Riyadh.
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