Air India reveals orders for 470 Boeing, Airbus jets

Air India’s Boeing aircraft deal is valued at $34 billion, making it the U.S. plane maker’s third-largest sale of all time.

LONDON, UK — Air India unveiled orders Tuesday for 470 Boeing and Airbus passenger jets as it races to tap surging demand for increasingly affordable air travel from the nation’s growing ranks of middle-class consumers.

India’s largest international airline and second-largest domestic carrier is buying 220 Boeing aircraft valued at $34 billion. It marks the U.S. plane maker’s third-largest sale of all time, in dollar value, and its second of all time in quantity.

Air India is also buying 250 passenger jets from

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