MUMBAI: The Tata group-owned Air India on Tuesday placed the largest ever aircraft order in global aviation history with letters of intent signed for purchase of 470 aircraft, a mix of narrow-body and wide-body Airbus and Boeing aircraft. The aggregate purchase value at list prices for the 470 firm order, 160 options and 210 purchase rights for aircraft is around us $ 115 billion, said sources. Prior to this, the largest aircraft single order placed was in 2011 by AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, which had ordered a mix of 460 narrow body from Boeing and Airbus.
The order comprises 40 Airbus A350s, 20 Boeing 787s and 10 Boeing 777-9s widebody aircraft, which will be deployed on international long haul routes and then, 210 Airbus A320/321 neos, 190 Boeing 737 MAX narrow body aircraft that will largely operate the domestic routes.
