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Indian airline Air India has signed a letter of intent to buy 210 single-aisle A320neos and 40 long-haul A350s from Airbus on Tuesday during a ceremony broadcast on the internet at the AeroIndia show in Bangalore.
This contract covers 210 single-aisle and 40 twin-aisle aircraft, said Shri N. Chandrasekaran, head of the Tata group, owner of Air India during a videoconference ceremony in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron and the Indian Prime Minister. , Narendra Modi.
This contract, on which the parties had been working for ” almost two years According to Shri N. Chandrasekaran, the boss of the Tata group, owner of Air India, must double another giant order for the benefit of Boeing, according to press information.
This intention to order, which must soon be finalized by first payments to become a firm order, also includes a ” significant number of options for additional aircraft as Air India grows to become ” a world class company said Shri N. Chandrasekaran.
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The amount of the transaction at stake has not been disclosed, but the last catalog price made public by Airbus in 2018, never applied due to the discounts granted, values it at more than 70 billion dollars.
The aviation sector is a important part of our national infrastructure strategy “, increased from 74 to 147 airports, recalled Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who attended the ceremony, as well as French President Emmanuel Macron.
« India is on the cusp of an international air travel revolution “, for his part welcomed the executive chairman of Airbus Guillaume Faury. The aircraft manufacturer already has an engineering center in the country and sources from Indian suppliers for certain aircraft components. ” There is a deep commitment in France to provide the most efficient technologies available to India and to be part of your “Made in India”, “insisted the French president.
(With agencies)