New Delhi: India’s biggest carriers Air India and Indigo placed orders for 970 aircraft between contributing $120 billion to order books of the two OEMs – Airbus and Boeing. Other airlines have also followed, enthusing a lot of interest in the burgeoning Indian aviation sector. Air India’s privatisation and its subsequent order placement was the pivotal point for Indian aviation, observes Boeing’s India president, Salil Gupte, who sat down with DH’s Lavpreet Kaur to discuss the status of Indian aviation sector and its growing contribution to the global scenario.
