Indian airline Indigo buys 30 Airbus-Liberation Grosseurs-Liberation
Sacred scam. The Indian Company Indigo announced this Sunday, June 1 in New Delhi to have signed for 30 Airbus A350-900, bringing to 60 aircraft its control of large-Beauters with the European aircraft manufacturer in order to conquer the foreign market. « We place a firm order of 30 Airbus A350-900 »announced Sunday Pieter Elbers, the CEO of Indigo, a company which was created in 2006 and is already at the origin of the largest contract in volume in the history of civil aviation, 500 single -offs Airbus in 2023.
« We double our firm orders from A350 from 30 to 60 when the aviation world meets in New Delhi »said Pieter Elbers on the first day of the General Assembly of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in the Indian capital. The vice-president airbus In charge of sales of commercial aircraft, Benoît de Saint-Exupéry, praised « The incredible ascent of Indigo for eighteen years » and welcomed his « partnership » With the company which has already ordered more than 1,300 aircraft to the European aircraft manufacturer.
« You have democratized the plane in India and now you want to expand internationally »he said. Last year, Indigo recorded more than 118 million passengers – especially on interior lines – with a fleet of 430 devices, around 100 destinations.
The A350s, are long -range devicesup to 15,000 km, which will allow him « To further deploy its wings and extend its network ». Indigo, which was born in 2006 and has a fleet of 434 aircraft to date, now intends to deploy its wings abroad, Pieter Elbers said on Friday at a press conference. « We will have ten new international destinations within a year, which will bring their number to 50 »he announced.
Indigo and Airbus had caused a sensation in June 2023 by announcing the largest volume command in the history of civil aviation, with 500 aircraft from the A320neo family, during the Bourget Aeronautical Show. Theoretical catalog price: $ 55 billion. In total, Indigo has ordered almost 1,000 aircraft from the A320 family, Airbus’ successful plane against Boeing 737 Max assigned by multiple losses.
