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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Air India makes record-breaking purchases from Airbus and Boeing

Air India plane on runway
The Air India deals are thought to amount to the largest in civil aviation history. Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images

Air India has agreed to buy 470 planes from manufacturing rivals Airbus and Boeing, the biggest order of new passenger aircraft in history, as it bets on the rapid expansion of air travel in Asia.

The airline, owned by Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, will buy 250 planes from European aviation champion Airbus and 220 from its US rival Boeing, its chairman announced on Tuesday.

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