<p>Air India is close to a deal to order more than 200 Boeing jets including 190 narrowbody 737 MAX and 30 widebody 787s - part of an historic fleet shake-up roughly split with Boeing's European rival Airbus, industry sources said on Friday.</p>.<p>The deal is also expected to include an unspecified number of Boeing 777X long-range jets, they added.</p>.<p>Airbus is separately moving towards a deal with Air India including at least 200 of its A320-family narrowbody jets as well as dozens of larger A350s, industry sources said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/air-india-pilots-unions-claim-shortage-of-pilots-at-airline-1172118.html" target="_blank">Air India pilots' unions claim shortage of pilots at airline</a></strong></p>.<p>Boeing referred questions to the airline which said it had no immediate comment. Airbus declined comment.</p>.<p><em>Reuters </em>reported on Sunday that Air India was close to placing orders approaching 500 jets - including 400 narrowbody models - worth tens of billions of dollars from Airbus and Boeing as it seeks a renaissance under the Tata Group.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/air-indias-history-as-tata-pours-in-money-to-revive-the-airline-1170967.html" target="_blank">| Air India's history as Tata pours in money to revive the airline</a></strong></p>.<p>Industry sources said Airbus is expected to win a slightly larger share of the huge fleet replacement and expansion.</p>.<p><em>Bloomberg </em>reported on Friday that Boeing was closing in on an order for as many as 200 of its 737 MAX jets.</p>.<p>Experts caution many hurdles stand in the way of Air India's ambition to recover a strong global position, including frail domestic infrastructure, pilot shortages and the threat of tough competition with established Gulf and other carriers. </p>
<p>Air India is close to a deal to order more than 200 Boeing jets including 190 narrowbody 737 MAX and 30 widebody 787s - part of an historic fleet shake-up roughly split with Boeing's European rival Airbus, industry sources said on Friday.</p>.<p>The deal is also expected to include an unspecified number of Boeing 777X long-range jets, they added.</p>.<p>Airbus is separately moving towards a deal with Air India including at least 200 of its A320-family narrowbody jets as well as dozens of larger A350s, industry sources said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/air-india-pilots-unions-claim-shortage-of-pilots-at-airline-1172118.html" target="_blank">Air India pilots' unions claim shortage of pilots at airline</a></strong></p>.<p>Boeing referred questions to the airline which said it had no immediate comment. Airbus declined comment.</p>.<p><em>Reuters </em>reported on Sunday that Air India was close to placing orders approaching 500 jets - including 400 narrowbody models - worth tens of billions of dollars from Airbus and Boeing as it seeks a renaissance under the Tata Group.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/air-indias-history-as-tata-pours-in-money-to-revive-the-airline-1170967.html" target="_blank">| Air India's history as Tata pours in money to revive the airline</a></strong></p>.<p>Industry sources said Airbus is expected to win a slightly larger share of the huge fleet replacement and expansion.</p>.<p><em>Bloomberg </em>reported on Friday that Boeing was closing in on an order for as many as 200 of its 737 MAX jets.</p>.<p>Experts caution many hurdles stand in the way of Air India's ambition to recover a strong global position, including frail domestic infrastructure, pilot shortages and the threat of tough competition with established Gulf and other carriers. </p>