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MUMBAI: Aerion Corp, the US-based aircraft manufacturer, received five pre-delivery orders for supersonic business jet (SSBJ) from India, said the spokesperson of the company.

The price tag of the aircraft jet is expected to be $80 million of each and the company plans the make the deliveries at the last quarter of 2014, said Peter Smales, the executive director for ExecuJet Aviation Group and the international sales representative of Aerion SSBJs, in a press meet.

The buyers have already paid an initial refundable deposit of Rs 1crore to order the supersonic jet aircraft.

Under the present rules, neither India nor a host of other countries like the US will allow supersonic flights in their airspace.

“We have got five Indian orders and 25 from other countries, excluding the US,” said Peter Smales.

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