AI matches IndiGo in fleet expansion

than 100 jets last December, bringing the total such aircraft on order over 570.

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Air India's CEO Campbell Wilson.

(REUTERS)

IndiGo, too, had announced the purchase of 500 Airbus aircraft in June 2023 deliveries of which were scheduled to begin in 2030 and end in 2035.

IndiGo's order came on the back of an earlier order of 480 planes that runs until 2030 for the Gurgaon-based carrier.

IndiGo’s chief executive Pieter Elbers reiterated the carrier's stated fleet plans saying the airline had received 58 new aircraft in calendar year 2024.

“So, that is like one aircraft every Friday or during the week last year,” he said.

To be sure, Wilson also highlighted severe challenges facing the airline while speaking at the same event.