Dhaka, April 16 -- Indian carriers, which are grappling with aircraft acquisition, amid global supply chain limitations, may benefit from China's instruction to its airlines to refrain from procuring Boeing aircraft in response to US President Donald Trump's 145pc tariffs.

Chinese carriers are presently awaiting delivery of approximately 100 B737 MAX - the aircraft Air India Express and Akasa are queued for - and 11 B787 Dreamliners, which features in AI's orderbook.

"We anticipate some of these aircraft, originally destined for Chinese carriers, will be redirected to Indian customers.

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