Boeing Business Jets delivers its 100th green plane to India

Seattle, Nov 30 (UNI) Boeing Business Jets has delivered its 100th green (unfurnished) airplane to Indian officials.

The representatives accepted the plane at the Boeing Delivery Center here yesterday.

Boeing delivers VIP airplanes in so-called green condition, meaning the airplane does not have interior furnishings or exterior paint. Customers then work with designers and interior completion centres to install an interior that exactly matches the owner's preferences and needs.

About 35 per cent of BBJs ordered are for government heads of state and are typically designed to seat between 25 to 50 passengers. The Indian government's BBJ will be completed at PATS Aircraft completion centre in Delaware, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DeCrane Aircraft.

PATS Aircraft will install an interior that includes a stateroom, meeting room, communications centre and seating for 48 passengers.

The jet is the first of three on order. The BBJs will replace the government's existing fleet of 737-200s.

Boeing Business Jets is a joint venture with General Electric, launched in July 1996 to respond to market demand for a larger, more capable business airplane that can fly more than 6,000 nautical miles (11,110 km).

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