An Indian airline signed a deal for the largest ever aircraft order in the history of the airline industry with French aerospace firm Airbus this week.
The aircraft manufacturing firm announced on June 19 that discount Indian airline IndiGo had placed an order for 500 of its family of A320 commercial jets, which are to be delivered between 2030 and 2035.
The deal sets “the record for the biggest single purchase agreement in the history of commercial aviation,” Airbus said in a statement.
The latest purchase brings the total number of Airbus planes ordered by IndiGo to 1,330.
The historic purchase agreement was signed by Rahul Bhatia, managing director of IndiGo; Dr. Venkataramani Sumantran, chairman and non-executive independent director of IndiGo; Pieter Elbers, CEO of IndiGo; Guillaume Faury, CEO of Airbus; and Christian Scherer, Airbus chief commercial officer, at the Paris Air Show 2023, announced the aerospace firm.Indian Airline Rapidly Expands Airfleet
An IndiGo Airways aircraft prepares to land at Mumbai airport in India on Jan, 12, 2011.Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images
