US aerospace major, Boeing has made investment commitments of around Rs 200 crore to set up a logistics centre in India, which will deliver spares to its customer airlines initially. It is planned to house spares for defence aircrafts as well in the later phase.

It will reduce the time aircrafts need to be on ground awaiting spares. However, the location of the proposed facility has not been disclosed.

The announcement comes just ahead of Air India's expected mega firm order for 220 Boeing planes - 190 single aisle B737 Max, 20 B787 Dreamliners and 10 B777X.

Meanwhile, Boeing has launched its first global support centre (GSC) in Gurugram to conduct technical workshops and projects to support the aircraft reliability, enhance airplane performance, along with practices to enhance safety and operational efficiency for Boeing’s airline partners in the country.