2023-06-19 14:42:25
Airbus has won an order for 500 planes from Indian airline Indigo. Executives from both companies made the announcement at the Paris Air Show on Thursday. It is the largest contract for an aircraft in history.
Indigo will purchase Airbus’ A320 family of single-aisle aircraft. Indigo Chief Executive Peter Elbers said, “Nobody has ever done an order of this magnitude,” he said. .
The mega-contract is larger than Air India’s deal in February for a total of 470 planes from Airbus and Boeing. In India, the world’s fastest growing major aviation market, airlines are buying more aircraft to keep up with increased traffic.
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Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation
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