Air India adds 100 more aircraft to its Airbus order

In September 2024, Airbus added orders for 85 aircraft under ‘Undisclosed Customer’ in its monthly Orders and Deliveries update. There was large-scale speculation that Air India had placed these orders, converting some of its options to firm orders. It turns out now that the speculations were right, and Air India has indeed converted its options for 90 A320neo family aircraft and 10 A350s to firm orders.

Air India placed a mega 470 aircraft order with Airbus and Boeing in February 2023,…