India Emerged As Third Largest Purchaser Of Aircraft: Aviation Minister Scindia

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that India has emerged as the third largest global purchaser of aircraft in the world. The first two countries with the most aircraft purchases are the United States and China.

Scindia inaugurated the Wings India event in Hyderabad on Thursday. He unveiled the Air India Airbus A350 at this event. Scindia provided an overview of the aircraft orders placed by the Indian companies, both Boeing and Airbus.

IndiGo has placed orders for a whopping 500 aircraft, and Air India follows closely with orders for 470 aircraft, Scindia revealed. He further said that the recently launched Akasa airline has entered the scene with a substantial order of 200-plus aircraft.

The union minister also outlined the government’s ambitious plans for the aviation sector. He shared a vision to increase the number of airports in the country to 200 by 2030. Simultaneously, the goal is to achieve a remarkable milestone of 300 million passenger traffic by the same year, he explained.

Highlighting the recovery of the aviation sector, the Aviation Minister said that recent months have witnessed a robust growth in passenger traffic. In a bid to boost its expansion plans, Air India last year ordered 540 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing. In this order, the firm wanted 470 planes, and the remaining 70 are options.