India’s IndiGo places record order for 500 A320 Family aircraft

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 India’s IndiGo places record order for 500 A320 Family aircraft


IndiGo, India’s largest airline by market share, has placed a firm order for 500 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.

Pieter Elbers, CEO of IndiGo, 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 1000 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.”

“This landmark order marks a new chapter in Airbus and IndiGo’s relationship that is

democratising affordable air travel for millions of people in the world’s fastest growing aviation

market. It is also a resounding endorsement of the A320 Family’s best-in-class operating

economics that have been powering IndiGo’s growth for almost two decades. We cherish our

long-standing relationship with IndiGo and are proud of our success together. 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 Christian

Scherer, Chief Commercial Officer and Head of International at Airbus.

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. IndiGo placed its first order with Airbus in 2005 (100 A320 Family) and

again in 2011 (180 A320 Family including the NEO), in 2014 (250neo Family), and in 2019 (300

A320neo Family) taking its previous total order book to 830 A320 Family aircraft.

Over the last two decades, the A320neo has been instrumental in democratising air travel in

India as an expanding economy and rising disposable incomes continue to add millions of first-

time flyers to a booming aviation market.

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