NEW DELHI: IndiGo on Monday positioned a agency order for 30 broad physique Airbus A350 plane. The airline had in April 25, 2024, introduced it had “agreed to” order 30 planes and have an possibility for 70 extra of those huge birds. That intent has now been transformed to an order as IndiGo plans to start out medium to longhauls from 2027 because the supply of those planes start.
“Right this moment’s historic second marks a brand new chapter for IndiGo and can additional form the way forward for the airline and for Indian aviation on the identical time…. fleet of 30 Airbus A350-900 plane will enable IndiGo to embark on its subsequent part of changing into one of many main world aviation gamers…. This reaffirms IndiGo’s perception in, and dedication to, the expansion of India, and in our strategic partnership with Airbus,” mentioned Pieter Elbers, CEO, IndiGo.
Benoît de Saint-Exupéry, Airbus EVP Gross sales, business plane, mentioned: “A heartfelt thanks to IndiGo for placing its belief in Airbus as soon as once more, and to our respective groups who negotiated this settlement for 30 A350s. IndiGo’s first widebody order opens an thrilling new chapter in our shut partnership. We’re proud that our fuel-efficient, next-generation A320 Household revolutionised home air journey in India, and that now the A350 is poised to duplicate the identical success on long-haul routes.”
Airbus has lengthy dominated the one aisle market in India with Tata Group’s Air India and Vistara — the one two operators of broad our bodies in India after Jet Airways’ collapse in 2019 — utilizing solely Boeing 777s and 787s as their twin aisles. That modified final 12 months with Air India choosing the A350s additionally as a part of their broad physique order that included Boeing too. Now IndiGo has opted for A350s.
“Right this moment’s historic second marks a brand new chapter for IndiGo and can additional form the way forward for the airline and for Indian aviation on the identical time…. fleet of 30 Airbus A350-900 plane will enable IndiGo to embark on its subsequent part of changing into one of many main world aviation gamers…. This reaffirms IndiGo’s perception in, and dedication to, the expansion of India, and in our strategic partnership with Airbus,” mentioned Pieter Elbers, CEO, IndiGo.
Benoît de Saint-Exupéry, Airbus EVP Gross sales, business plane, mentioned: “A heartfelt thanks to IndiGo for placing its belief in Airbus as soon as once more, and to our respective groups who negotiated this settlement for 30 A350s. IndiGo’s first widebody order opens an thrilling new chapter in our shut partnership. We’re proud that our fuel-efficient, next-generation A320 Household revolutionised home air journey in India, and that now the A350 is poised to duplicate the identical success on long-haul routes.”
Airbus has lengthy dominated the one aisle market in India with Tata Group’s Air India and Vistara — the one two operators of broad our bodies in India after Jet Airways’ collapse in 2019 — utilizing solely Boeing 777s and 787s as their twin aisles. That modified final 12 months with Air India choosing the A350s additionally as a part of their broad physique order that included Boeing too. Now IndiGo has opted for A350s.
