IndiGo places first-ever widebody aircraft order for 30 Airbus A350 jets

IndiGo, India’s top airline by market share, placed an order with Airbus for 30 A350-900 jets, it said on Thursday, its first-ever order for widebody aircraft.

Indian carriers are trying to keep pace with the world’s fastest-growing aviation market, where demand for air travel has surged post-pandemic, even as plane manufacturers struggled to meet output goals.

The drive by IndiGo, which has a 60 per cent share in India’s domestic aviation market, also comes at a time when it aims to double its capacity by the end of the decade and expand its network, especially in international markets.