New Delhi: InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, the operator of India’s largest airline, said on Tuesday it has placed an order for 300 Airbus A320neo family aircraft worth more than $30 billion at list prices.
This is Airbus’s largest aircraft order from a single airline and will take IndiGo’s total number of narrow-body A320neo family aircraft orders to 730, the Indian company said. IndiGo’s latest order includes the new A321XLR long-range planes that can travel as far as 4,700 nautical miles (nm), or 8,700km, without refuelling.
The long-range, fuel-efficient planes will boost IndiGo’s plans to expand its international network. The A321XLR, which has the longest range for a single-aisle aircraft, will be delivered to customers only after 2023.
