India’s IndiGo airline is buying 500 passenger jets from European planemaker Airbus. [CutID: <Cuts> AIRBUS-INDIGO-house-q-TUEam.mp3 Time: 24s Title: AIRBUS-INDIGO-house-q-TUEam Out-cue: billions of dollars] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Indian airlines are racing to tap surging demand for travel from the nation’s growing ranks of middle-class consumers. ———————— VERBATIM: The record-setting order underscores surging demand for […]
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Airbus wins record order for 500 jets from India’s IndiGo
India’s IndiGo airline is buying 500 passenger jets from European planemaker Airbus.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Indian airlines are racing to tap surging demand for travel from the nation’s growing ranks of middle-class consumers.
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VERBATIM: The record-setting order underscores surging demand for air travel fueled by India’s economic growth. The country’s dominant carrier is buying the A320 aircraft in what the companies say is the single biggest purchase agreement in commercial aviation history. Executives from both companies didn’t disclose how much the order was worth, but it would likely amount to tens of billions of dollars.