Air India has placed an order for 470 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing at a list price of $70 billion, according to Chief Executive Campbell Wilson, as the airline seeks potential to expand in long-haul international travel.
Mega order
At the largest airshow in the UK, Farnborough, American investment company 777 Partners has secured a contract to purchase up to 66 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Air India is thinking about ordering 300 narrow-body aircraft, which would be one of the largest orders in the country’s commercial aviation history.
After three big Chinese airlines announced on Friday that they will purchase a total of 292 planes from Airbus, the public perception in the US seemed to be in the negative.