The decision may not have gone down too well with the Americans, whose Boeing was also in the race. Now, say officials, India may well do the balancing act by giving the AI orders to Boeing. "There is a good chance," confirmed a senior official, when asked whether Boeing may get the AI order. Since the purchase of Airbus A-320s during Rajiv Gandhi’s time in the 1980s, which led to a high velocity political investigation, airplane purchases by India are tackled with a lot of caution and apprehension, both by politicians and bureaucrats.
