Airbus Gets Order for 100 Aircraft From Air India

India had also placed orders with Boeing last year, which President Joe Biden said had the potential to support more than a million American jobs in 44 states.

An Air India craft sits on the tarmac at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, in a file photo. Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus secured a large order from Air India for its A350 and A320 model planes amid an airline sector boom in the country.

Airbus said in a Dec. 9 statement that Air India has officially disclosed the order it had placed for 10 A350 widebody and 90 single-aisle A320 Family aircraft. The latest order is in addition to the 250 planes the company ordered from Airbus in 2023.