India’s IndiGo orders record 500 Airbus A320 aircraft

IndiGo, India’s largest airline by market share, has placed a firm order for 500 Airbus A320 family aircraft, setting the record for the biggest single purchase agreement in the history of commercial aviation. The latest agreement takes the total number of Airbus aircraft on order by IndiGo to 1,330, establishing its position as the world’s biggest A320 family customer.

The historic purchase agreement was signed by Rahul Bhatia, promoter & managing director of IndiGo, Dr. Venkataramani Sumantran, chairman and non-executive independent director of IndiGo, Pieter Elbers, CEO of IndiGo, Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO, and Christian Scherer, Airbus chief commercial officer and head of International, at the Paris Air Show 2023.

Elbers said, “It is difficult to overstate the significance of IndiGo’s new historic order for 500 Airbus A320 family aircraft. An order book now of almost 1,000 aircraft well into the next decade, enables IndiGo to fulfil its mission to continue to boost economic growth, social cohesion, and mobility in India. At IndiGo, we take pride in being India’s preferred airline for connectivity in and with India; and by doing so, being one of the leading airlines in the world. This order strongly reaffirms IndiGo’s belief in the growth of India, in the A320 family, and in our strategic partnership with Airbus.”

“We look forward to contributing to the growth of India’s air connectivity in its domestic network and into international markets through the expansion of this formidable partnership,” said Airbus’ Scherer.

New Delhi-headquartered IndiGo is among the fastest growing carriers in the world. Since its first A320neo aircraft was delivered in March 2016, its fleet of A320neo family has grown into one of the world’s largest with 264 aircraft in operation (162 A320neo, 79 A321neo, 21 A320ceo, and 2 A321 freighters.

The Airbus A320neo family now has more than 8,700 orders from more than 130 customers around the world across all business models.

With its fleet of more than 300 aircraft, IndiGo is operating more than 1,800 daily flights and connecting 78 domestic destinations and will soon further grow its international footprint to 32 international destinations.