Air India’s record plane order

Air India is ordering 470 passenger planes from Airbus and Boeing with a market value of over $40 billion, as the airline bets on a rapid surge in passenger demand in India and elsewhere in Asia

  
AIRBUS TOTAL 250
A320neo (140) and A321neo (70) single-aisle:  210
A350 wide-body, long-distance: 40

BOEING TOTAL 220*
737 MAX narrow- body: 190
777X wide-body: 10
787 Dreamliners twin-aisle: 20


LARGEST SINGLE ORDERS		Airbus	Boeing		Value†

Air India 		2023	250	220	470 	$40bn+
American Airlines 	2011	260	200	460 	$38bn
Indigo Partners 	2017 	430 			$49.5bn 
IndiGo 			2019 	300 			$33bn 
Lion Air 		2012 		230 		$21.7bn


*Boeing order includes option to purchase another 70 jets (50 737 MAXs and 20 787s)

†Estimated at time of announcement 

 
Sources: Reuters, Bloomberg, IBA, Simple Flying 
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