As a little-known carrier (outside of India at least) makes the biggest single aircraft order in history, we profile seven airlines with vast fleets but little presence in the consciousness of British travellers.
The bean-counters at Airbus will be rubbing their hands with glee after IndiGo confirmed the single largest aircraft order in history. The French aerospace behemoth said the Indian airline had purchased 500 of its A320 planes, to be delivered between 2030 and 2035. The deal is “the record for the biggest single purchase agreement in the history of commercial aviation,” according to Airbus, and means IndiGo is now waiting for a total of 1,330 of its jets.
It’s testament to the incredible potential for growth in Indian aviation, with the country’s population recently overtaking China’s and including a burgeoning middle class, and marks a staggering expansion for an airline founded as recently as 2005, and which took to the sky the following year with a single service from New Delhi to Imphal via Guwahati. By the end of 2006 it had six aircraft; by the end of 2007 that number was just 15.
However, unless you’ve been to India recently, you probably won’t have flown with IndiGo. That’s because its route map is almost entirely limited to domestic destinations.
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