Coverage dated February 13, 2023 to February 14, 2023

Air India to buy 250 Airbus planes in 'historic' deal

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Air India will buy 250 Airbus planes in a deal aimed at transforming the former national carrier, it said Tuesday, after decades as a monumental burden on

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  1. Digital Journal

    Air India to buy 250 Airbus planes in 'historic' deal (opens Digital Journal)

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    Air India will buy 250 Airbus planes in a deal aimed at transforming the former national carrier, it said Tuesday, after decades as a monumental burden on

  2. Tulsa World

    Air India reveals orders for 470 Boeing, Airbus jets (opens Tulsa World)

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    Air India has unveiled orders for 470 Boeing and Airbus aircraft. India’s largest international airline is racing to tap surging demand for increasingly affordable air travel from the nation’s growing

  3. Winchester Star

    Air India orders 250 Airbus jets as air travel demand swells (opens Winchester Star)

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    Air India’s owner is buying 250 Airbus passenger jets in a mammoth order that underlines the surging demand for air travel fueled by the country’s swelling middle class. The airline's

  4. Delaware Public Media

    As its ambitions soar, Air India orders 470 Boeing and Airbus aircraft (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    India's second-largest domestic carrier placed orders for 220 Boeing aircraft valued at $34 billion and 250 Airbus planes in a separate deal that could be worth tens of billions of dollars.

  5. The Guardian

    Air India makes record breaking purchases from Airbus and Boeing (opens The Guardian)

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    Tata-owned airline orders 470 planes from rivals in expectation of rapid surge in passenger demand in Asia

  6. France 24

    Air India unveils record plane order with Airbus, Boeing (opens France 24)

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    Air India will purchase 470 planes from Airbus and Boeing under an historic pair of mega agreements announced Tuesday, transforming the former national carrier as it prepares for scorching growth.

  7. Fox32 Chicago

    Air India reveals massive orders for 470 Boeing, Airbus jets (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Air India is buying 220 Boeing aircraft valued at $34 billion. It marks the U.S. plane maker’s third-largest sale of all time, in dollar value, and its second of all time in quantity.

  8. France 24

    Air India orders 250 Airbus planes as part of carrier's 'massive transformation' (opens France 24)

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    Air India will buy 250 Airbus planes in a deal aimed at transforming the former national carrier, it said Tuesday, after decades as a monumental burden on the public purse.

  9. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Air India places orders for 470 Boeing and Airbus aircraft (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Air India is placing orders for 470 Boeing and Airbus aircraft, underlining the surging demand for increased mobility in a nation with a swelling middle class.

  10. Voice of America

    Air India Seals 250 Plane Order With Airbus as Part of Mega Jet Deal (opens Voice of America)

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    Acquisition also expected to include order for 220 Boeing planes, as the airline heralds a decades-long transformation under its new owners, Tata Group

  11. Digital Journal

    Air India unveils historic plane order with Airbus, Boeing (opens Digital Journal)

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    Air India will purchase 470 planes from Airbus and Boeing under an historic pair of mega agreements announced Tuesday, transforming the former national

  12. Forbes

    Boeing And Airbus’ Record Air India Order Hinges On High-Stakes Turnaround Of A Basket-Case Airline (opens Forbes)

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    Poor on-time performance and dismal customer service contributed to the airline losing $2.6 million a day before it was sold to Tata Group. Now the conglomerate is swinging big to buy new planes to cash in on expected growth in Indian air travel. But the same old problems could drag it down.

  13. FOX Business

    Boeing will sell over 200 planes to Air India in ‘historic agreement’ (opens FOX Business)

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    The Biden Administration called Boeing's sell of over 200 airplanes to Air India an ‘historic agreement’.

  14. Quartz

    Air India made the largest plane order in commercial aviation history (opens Quartz)

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    The airline is looking to upgrade its fleet with 250 planes from Airbus and 220 from Boeing

  15. New York Times

    Air India Places Record Order for 470 Planes From Airbus and Boeing (opens New York Times)

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    The deals are part of an ambitious overhaul by the Tata Group, which resumed control of the once-prestigious airline last year.

  16. Al Jazeera

    Air India unveils ‘historic’ orders for 470 Boeing, Airbus jets (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Orders come as India’s growing middle-class drives surging demand for affordable air travel.

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