News / Air India inks deal for another 100 aircraft as it eyes booming domestic market

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Tata Group-owned Air India is looking to grab a larger slice of the country’s rapidly expanding aviation market. 

Tata yesterday inked a deal with Airbus to acquire another 100 aircraft – in addition to an existing order for 250 with the European manufacturer and the 220  it agreed to buy from Boeing early last year, deals together worth some $80bn.  

“With India’s passenger growth outpacing the rest of the world, its significantly improving infrastructure and an aspirational young population increasingly going global, ...