2023-06-19 14:00:42
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The aircraft manufacturer Airbus has recorded a record order from the Indian company IndiGo, which has requested 500 A320s. This is the largest volume contract ever in civil aviation. A news revealed at the Bourget air show.
Indian low-cost airline IndiGo announced on Monday that it has ordered 500 single-aisle Airbus A320neo family aircraft, the largest volume contract ever in civil aviation. This “historic” firm order, at a theoretical list price of $55 billion, was revealed on the first day of the Paris Air Show by IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers, in the presence of Airbus Executive Chairman Guillaume Faury. . It concerns devices to be delivered between 2030 and 2035.
1,230 models of this type ordered by the company
These new aircraft – the A320neo family also includes the A321neo, with a larger seating capacity – bring to no less than 1,230 the number of models of this type ordered by the company, which intends to surf on the explosion in demand in air travel in India. In fact, another Indian company, Air India, was behind the previous largest order of civilian aircraft in history, 470 units last February, but broken down between 250 to Airbus and 220 to its American competitor Boeing. . IndiGo has already delivered 253 A320neo family aircraft.
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