IndiGo doubles wide-body aircraft order

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EW DELHI: IndiGo doubled its wide body aircraft order by confirming the option for 30 wide body Airbus A350s. Now the airline has 60 A350s on firm order and has an option for 40 more.
"We have signed the MoU with Airbus for confirming the option for 30 A350s. Their delivery starts in 2027," airline CEO Pieter Elbers said at the IATA AGM on Sunday.
"Delivery of initial 30 A350s ordered last year will begin in 2027 and continue till early part of next decade. Delivery of this next batch (of 350) will start after that and continue into the second half of the next decade," Elbers said.

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