Indian airline Air India has announced that it has agreed to purchase a total of 470 aircraft from Europe's Airbus and America's Boeing.
Local media reported that the total contract value exceeded 10 trillion yen, making it the largest deal in private aviation history.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India held an online meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France on the 14th, revealing that Air India has agreed to purchase 250 aircraft, including A350s, from European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. I made it
Prime Minister Modi also had a telephone conversation with President Biden of the United States and agreed to purchase 220 aircraft, including the 737 MAX, from Boeing.
The airline has signed a deal to purchase a total of 470 aircraft, with a total contract value of $80 billion, or more than 10 trillion yen, according to Indian local media, making it the largest deal in civil aviation history. We are reporting.
India, which has about nine times the land area of Japan, is expected to surpass China this year and become the most populous country in the world.
Since high economic growth is expected to continue in the future, it is believed that there was a judgment that a large number of aircraft would be required.