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IndiGo on Sunday placed an order for 30 more wide-body Airbus A350 planes, taking the total number of such aircraft to 60. The airline has placed orders for around 1,000 aircraft.
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IndiGo on Sunday announced that it placed a firm order for another 30 wide-body A350 planes with Airbus, taking the total number of such aircraft to 60.
This came after the airline entered an agreement with Air France-KLM, Virgin Atlantic and Delta to expand its long-haul services to North America, Europe and Britain.
“We are placing a firm order for 30 Airbus A350-900s,” said Pieter Elbers, the CEO of IndiGo, a company founded in 2006 and already behind the largest contract by volume in the history of civil aviation – 500 Airbus single-aisle aircraft by 2023.
The company had placed a firm order for 30 A350 aircraft in April, and there was an option to order 70 more such planes. IndiGo is aiming to expand its international network and is set to operate flights to 10 new overseas cities with leased Boeing 787 planes.
The A350 planes, with ranges of up to 15,000 kilometres (9,300 miles), will allow it to further expand its network. IndiGo has placed orders for around 1,000 aircraft from the A320 family. “This is yet another step in defining the airline’s long-term plans of international expansion,” said the company.
Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master’s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international…Read More
Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master’s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international… Read More
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