Air India’s mega 470-aircraft order to Boeing and Airbus could end up even bigger as the airline has an option to buy an additional 370 planes from the manufacturers, chief commercial and transformation officer Nipun Aggarwal said.
The current 470-aircraft order is the largest placed by an airline in one go anywhere in the world, beating the 2011 order by American Airlines for a combined 460 aircraft. The biggest order by an Indian carrier before this was IndiGo’s 300-aircraft order in 2019.
“The order comprises 470 firm aircraft, 370 options and purchase rights to be procured from Airbus and Boeing over the next decade. The Airbus firm order comprises 210 A-320/321 Neo/XLR and 40 A350-900/1000. The Boeing firm order comprises 190 737-Max, 20 787s and 10 777s.
