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Following IndiGo’s huge order for 500 A320 Family aircraft announced at Paris Air Show, Air India, has signed purchase agreements to acquire 470 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing. These orders are the next step in Air India’s US$70 billion fleet expansion programme

Indian low-cost airline, IndiGo, has placed a firm order for 500 A320 Family aircraft at Paris Air Show – an order that seats a new record for the biggest single purchase agreement in the history of commercial aviation. This latest agreement takes the total number of Airbus aircraft on order by IndiGo to 1,330

The FAA in the USA has stated it will require a secondary barrier to be fitted on the flight deck of new commercial airplanes in order to ensure the safety of aircraft, flight crew and air passengers. The final rule mandating the additional barrier is intended to protect flight decks from passenger intrusions when the flight deck door is open

UK-based sub-regional aircraft manufacturer, Britten-Norman, has announced plans to increase production rates and to repatriate aircraft production to its historic home in Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. The move is a major development for the airframer, which has been manufacturing its aircraft in Eastern Europe since the late 1960s

A female passenger looking out of the airplane window, with a view of London superimposed by a screen

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