Tata Group-owned Air India Ltd. is looking at buying as many as 30 widebody aircraft, the enginemaker for Airbus SE’s A350 jets said, an order that will allow the former state-run carrier to aggressively pursue international growth.
“I think they are looking at something up to 30 aircraft, could be as big as that, which is a big order. A really big order,” Chris Davie, a senior vice president in Asia Pacific for Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc said in an interview on the sidelines of the airshow in Hyderabad.
An order for 30 A350-100 jets could be valued at about $9.5 billion at 2018 sticker prices, although large discounts are common in big plane purchases.
