Indigo will order 500 planes, Air India will be left behind
According to sources, Airbus and American company Boeing are in separate talks to sell 25 aircraft to Indigo. These aircraft will be wide-body. Airbus has offered the A330neo and Boeing the 787. IndiGo chief executive Peter Albers, who is attending the annual meeting of the International Air Transport Association in Istanbul, declined to comment. Airbus and Boeing also declined to comment. Indigo has a 56 per cent share in the domestic market.
supply chain problem
IndiGo had earlier placed an order for 830 aircraft of the A320 family with Airbus. The company has not yet taken delivery of about 500 of them. Airbus and Boeing have blamed supply chain issues for the delivery of the planes. Due to problems in the network of the engine repair company, many planes of the airlines are grounded. Airbus and Boeing are getting big orders after the aviation sector is back on track amid the pandemic.
