Air India on Friday said it successfully acquired India’s first Airbus A350-900 aircraft through a finance lease transaction with HSBC. It is the airline’sfirst financing transaction from its record-setting orders for 470 aircraft.
According to the statement issued by the airline, Air India is the country’s first scheduled carrier to have acquired an aircraft from an entity registered in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
Air India’s first A350-900 is also the first widebody aircraft to have been leased through India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).
