Hyderabad, March 12 - Boeing and SpiceJet Wednesday signed $4.4 billion (Rs. 26,000 crore) deal for 42 737 MAX 8s.

The mega deal was signed at the inauguration of India Aviation 2014, country's largest civil aviation event, here.

The first of the 42 aircraft ordered by SpiceJet will be delivered in 2018, Dinesh Keskar, senior vice president of Asia Pacific and India Sales, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, told reporters.

Keskar and S. L. Narayanan, Group CFO for The Sun Group signed the deal in the presence of Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh. (IANS)