Air India Deals: Air India has made the biggest deal in the aviation industry so far. The airline has ordered a total of 470 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing. Air India has opened a huge horizon for the aviation sector of India by making a historic deal for the planes.
Apart from this, Air India is going to buy 220 aircraft from America’s company Boeing. Currently Airbus has 470 commercial flights in India. After the new order of Air India, a total of 850 aircraft have been ordered with Airbus in India.
what a big deal
How big this deal is can be gauged from the fact that the heads of the four countries have issued greetings among themselves. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macro and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have congratulated each other. According to an announcement by the US President’s Office ‘White House’, Boeing and Air India have reached an agreement, under which Air India will buy 220 aircraft from Boeing for $34 billion. These include 190 B737 Max, 20 B787, and 10 B777X. Under the agreement, there will be an option to buy 70 more aircraft.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted after this deal, in which he congratulated French President Emmanuel Macro and said. PM Modi said that both the countries are going to benefit from this deal.
How much will Air India buy from which company?
Air India will buy 737 MAXs from Boeing Airplanes, which includes 737-8 and 737-10. 20 aircraft of 787-9 will be purchased in this deal and 10 aircraft will be of 777-9s. Apart from this, Air India is going to make its fleet very attractive through 70 more Boeing jet aircraft.
Rolls-Royce has also informed about the deal that through this huge aircraft order, Trent’s XWB-97 engines (68+20 options) will be purchased which will be used for the Airbus A350-1000. Apart from this, 2 Trent XWB-84 engines will be purchased which will be used in A350-900.
Boeing Airplanes has also tweeted on this deal and welcomed Air India. Air India will buy 10 Boeing Airplanes 777-9s and through this India’s connectivity to almost every destination of the world will increase.
how many billion will this deal be
This deal will be worth 34 billion dollars and about 6.40 lakh crore rupees will be spent for this deal.
when was the last shopping
Air India is preparing to expand its fleet and operations. This is the first time in 17 years that Air India is going to place orders for the purchase of aircraft. This will be Air India’s first order after coming under the ownership of the Tata group. Tata bought Air India on 27 January 2022. 17 years before this deal, Air India had placed this much order to buy aircraft. Earlier in the year 2005, an order was placed for the purchase of 111 aircraft. In this, the order for 68 aircraft was received by Boeing and 43 by Airbus.
what will be the impact of this deal
US President Joe Biden praised the agreement and described it as historic. Biden said that ‘I am proud to announce the agreement and purchase between Air India and Boeing today.’ Biden said that together with Prime Minister Modi, he is looking forward to further deepening the relationship between India and America. Through this deal, steps have been taken in this direction.
Air India has signed a deal with Boeing for 250 aircraft. The company will hand over 190 aircraft of Max Aircraft, 20 of 787 Dreamliner to Air India. Apart from this, orders for other categories of aircraft have also been placed.
Airbus gave information on the supply of planes
Airbus has said that it will supply the first A350 plane to Air India by the end of this year. Of the 250 aircraft that Air India has announced to buy from Airbus, 40 will be large-sized aircraft. With this, the European aviation giant has returned to the large size aircraft segment in India. Remy Maillard, President and Managing Director, Airbus India and South Asia, said that the company is proud that the Tata group has selected the A350 and A320 aircraft for Air India. He said that such a huge order shows that India’s aviation sector is moving forward.
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