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IndiGo connected Friday (October 18, 2025) announced a steadfast bid to bargain 30 further A350-900 planes from Airbus arsenic the country's largest hose seeks to person much wide-body craft for its planetary expansion.
The airline, which has been expanding its planetary operations, presently has much than 400 planes successful its fleet and implicit 900 craft connected order.
With the latest announcement from IndiGo, which did not disclose fiscal details, present the full confirmed orders for the wide-body A350-900 stands astatine 60.
The bearer has acquisition rights for different 40 A350 household aircraft, a semipermanent stake considering the planetary proviso concatenation woes resulting successful shortages and delays successful transportation of caller planes.
Separately, the hose has signed an statement with Rolls-Royce to equip its fleet of Airbus A350 craft with Trent XWB-84 engines.
In a release, the hose said it has signed a declaration with Airbus confirming the conversion of 30 retired of its 70 acquisition rights of Airbus A350-900 craft into steadfast orders.
"With this, IndiGo doubles its wide-body bid from 30 to 60 Airbus A350-900 aircraft," it said successful a release.
In June, some sides had inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for these further 30 aircraft.
IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers said the conversion of the MoU into a steadfast bid for 30 further A350-900s is simply a testament to the airline's assurance successful the aboriginal of Indian aviation and the strategical concern with Airbus, further reinforced by the beardown commencement of our long-haul operations.
"These aircraft, arsenic they articulation our fleet successful the years to come, volition play a pivotal relation successful enabling IndiGo to grow its reach, link India with much destinations crossed the globe," helium said.
IndiGo commenced long-haul services with leased wide-body Boeing 787 Dreamliners from July. The airline's archetypal A350-900 craft is expected to articulation the fleet successful 2027.
Airbus, successful a release, said India, the world's fastest-growing aviation market, is witnessing a surge successful planetary question arsenic the system grows and household incomes rise.
The A350 is perfectly positioned to service the country's aspirations for long-range travel, it added.
"While the A320 Family craft are supporting the democratisation of aerial question successful India, the A350 has go the notation craft to unlock the imaginable of the planetary marketplace for the Indian carrier," the craft shaper said successful the release.
Meanwhile, details astir the fig of engines and terms with respect to the Rolls-Royce were not disclosed.
"The Trent XWB-84 engines present an awesome 84,000 pounds of thrust, offering industry-leading substance efficiency, reduced emissions, and outstanding reliability for long-haul operations," IndiGo said successful different release.
Earlier successful the day, IndiGo said it volition commencement operating narrow-body A321XLR craft from January 2026 with flights to Athens from Delhi and Mumbai.
