The Indian company Indigo announced on Sunday, June 1 in New Delhi that signed 30 Airbus A350-900, which leads to 60 planes its command of large carriers with the European manufacturer of airplanes to conquer the foreign market.
“We make a firm order of 30 Airbus A350-900,” said Pieter Elbers on Sunday, CEO of Indigo, a company that was born in 2006 and is already at the origin of the largest contract in volume in the history of civil aviation, 500 Airbus Single-off in 2023.
“We double our firm orders from A350 from 30 to 60 when the world of aviation meets and in New Delhi,” said Pieter Elbers the first day of the General Assembly of the International Association of Air Transport (IATA) in the Indian capital.
The vice president of Airbus in charge of the sales of commercial aircraft, Benoît of Saint-Exupéry praised “the incredible rise of indigo for 18 years” and welcomed his “association” with the company that has already ordered more than 1,300 airplanes to the European manufacturer of airplanes. “You have democratized the plane in India and now you want to expand internationally,” he said.
More than 118 million passengers
Last year, Indigo registered more than 118 million passengers, in interior lines, with a fleet of 430 devices, to 100 destinations. The A350 are long -range devices, up to 15,000 km, which will allow it to “display your wings more and extend your network.”
Indigo, which was born in 2006 and has to go out with a fleet of 434 planes, now intends to deploy its wings abroad, Mr. Elbers said during a press conference. “We will have ten new international destinations within a year, which will take its number to 50,” he announced.
Indigo and Airbus had caused a sensation in June 2023 by announcing the largest volume control in the history of civil aviation, with 500 A320neo family aircraft, during the Bourget aeronautical show. Theoretical price of the catalog: $ 55 billion. In total, Indigo ordered almost 1,000 A320 family airplanes, the successful Airbus plane against Boeing 737 Max assigned by multiple losses.
Source: BFM TV
