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India's IndiGo places largest-ever commercial aircraft order

Air
James Chapple
20 June 2023

Indian carrier IndiGo has placed an order with Airbus for 500 of its A320 family aircraft, the largest-ever purchase agreement in the history of commercial aviation.

IndiGo Airbus June 2023 (Credit: Airbus)

IndiGo has until now been a short-haul airline (Credit: Airbus)

The order was signed and sealed by IndiGo and Airbus chiefs at the Paris Air Show on Monday (19 June), and extends IndiGo’s order book with Airbus to more than 1,300 aircraft.

Pieter Elbers, chief executive of Delhi-headquartered IndiGo, described it as a "historic order" that would "boost economic growth, social cohesion and mobility in India".

The airline placed its first A320 order with Airbus in 2005, which was followed by several more. It took delivery of its first A320neo in March 2016, and currently operates a fleet of 264 aircraft, which includes 162 A320neos and 79 A321neos.