Mumbai, June 19: Budget carrier IndiGo on Monday announced placing a firm order for 500 narrow-body planes with Airbus. This is the largest-ever aircraft order placed by any airline with Airbus. Financial details of the order were not disclosed.

Earlier this year, Tata Group-owned Air India had placed orders for 470 aircraft with Airbus and Boeing. Currently, IndiGo operates more than 300 aircraft. It has previous orders totalling 480 aircraft, which are yet to be delivered. IndiGo Flight Attendants Fight With Passenger Old Video Goes Viral: 5-Year-Old Clip of Airline Staff Misbehaving With Elderly Man Doing Rounds on Twitter, Here's What Had Happened in 2017.

IndiGo Airline To Buy 500 Airbus A320 Family Aircrafts, Breaks Air India’s Record

"With this additional firm order of 500 aircraft for 2030-2035, IndiGo's order book has almost 1,000 aircraft yet to be delivered well into the next decade," the airline said in a release. ‘Excuse me, khidki khol denge’: Video of IndiGo Flight Passenger's hilarious request to Air hostess For Spitting Out Gutka Goes Viral.

The IndiGo order book comprises a mix of A320 NEO, A321 NEO and A321 XLR aircraft.

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