 SpiceJet placed its first firm order for 20 Next-Generation Boeing 737-800s in March 2005, with deliveries scheduled up to 2010. In November 2010, in the presence of US president Barack Obama, the airline ordered 30 Boeing 737-800s with winglets. On 9 December 2010, Bombardier Aerospace announced that SpiceJet placed a firm order for 15 Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners and has also placed an option to buy another 15 of those. SpiceJet used its fleet of Q400s for short-haul operations. In March 2014, Spicejet signed a US $ 4.4 billion deal with Boeing for the procurement of 42 737-8 MAX aircraft. In 2015, SpiceJet was in talks with both Boeing and Airbus for a possible order of more than 100 single aisle aircraft, either Airbus A320neo or the Boeing 737MAX with the same being confirmed by Managing Director, Ajay Singh in a conference in Dubai.
