Indonesia to Buy 50 Boeing Jets in $13.5 Billion U.S. Aviation Deal

JAKARTA, Investortrust.id — Indonesia will purchase 50 Boeing commercial aircraft and related aviation products worth $13.5 billion, part of a broader trade package with Washington that also includes major energy and industrial imports, officials said Friday, Feb 20, 2026 in Jakarta.

The aircraft commitment, equivalent to Rp 228.49 trillion at an exchange rate of Rp 16,925 per dollar, forms a central plank of the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade signed by the two governments this week.

“From the reciprocal tariff agreement, there is a commitment to purchase 50 Boeing aircraft that we will discuss further,” Investment Minister Rosan Roeslani said during a virtual press conference.

He said preliminary talks had already taken place with Boeing and would be followed up in detail.

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Under the agreement, Indonesia is required to support and facilitate commercial contracts to import U.S. goods and services with an indicative total value of up to $33 billion, according to the official trade document.

Beyond aviation, Jakarta has committed to import about $15 billion per year in U.S. energy products, including $3.5 billion in liquefied petroleum gas, $4.5 billion in crude oil and up to $7 billion in refined gasoline purchasing facilities.

The scale of the aviation and energy purchases underscores how the trade deal extends beyond tariff adjustments into structured commercial flows designed to rebalance bilateral trade.

Indonesia will also import U.S. metallurgical coal to support domestic steel production and industrial downstreaming, while expanding cooperation in advanced coal technologies aimed at producing building materials, battery components, carbon fiber and synthetic graphite.

The agreement calls for partnerships to accelerate development, deployment and commercialization of such technologies, and encourages Indonesia to use available financing mechanisms to support these projects.

For Jakarta, the purchases dovetail with President Prabowo Subianto’s push to strengthen domestic industrial capacity while deepening strategic ties with the United States.

For Washington, the commitments address concerns over a persistent goods trade deficit and lock in large-scale commercial orders across aviation, energy and heavy industry.

The Boeing deal, if finalized, would rank among the largest aircraft procurement commitments in Indonesia’s history and signal renewed fleet expansion plans as the country positions itself as a regional aviation hub.