Air India orders 100 Airbus, affirming India’s rise

On Monday, Air India confirmed that it ordered 100 more Airbus aircraft, comprising 10 A350 and 90 A320 family aircraft, including A321neo. These 100 new aircraft are in addition to the firm orders for 470 aircraft that Air India had placed with Airbus and Boeing last year.

Last year, Air India ordered 250 aircraft from Airbus, including 40 A350 and 210 A320 family aircraft. This order has now reached 350 aircraft.

Besides Air India’s order, IndiGo placed an order for 550 Airbus aircraft at the Paris air show last year (India’s IndiGo places record order for 500 A320 Family aircraft | Airbus). The airline followed with a firm order for 30 Airbus A 350

-900 aircraft in April this year. Akasa, which started operations in August 2022, also placed an order for 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in January this year, which include 737 MAX 10 and 737 MAX 8-200 jets, which will provide the airline a steady aircraft delivery stream through 2032, cementing the company’s domestic and international expansion plans, the airline said in a statement announcing the signing of the Boeing order (Akasa Air announces its three-digit aircraft order of 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft at WINGS India 2024).