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Indian carrier IndiGo orders 500 jets from Airbus in record deal

Budget airline bulks up fleet as India anticipates travel boom

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Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, right, and Rahul Bhatia, managing director of IndiGo, attend a news conference to announce the deal. © Reuters

SAYAN CHAKRABORTY, Nikkei staff writer
June 20, 2023 02:07 JST

BENGALURU -- Indian budget carrier IndiGo ordered 500 narrow-body planes from Airbus on Monday in the world's largest aircraft deal, breaking the record set by Tata Group's Air India.

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