Airbus steals the day with $60 billion plane deals

The first Airbus deal of the day was for the supply of 430 medium-range A320 family of aircraft to US investment firm Indigo Partners.

The Dubai Airshow on Wednesday recorded deals worth more than $90 billion, including two enormous aircraft purchase orders for both Airbus and Boeing valued at $76.5 billion.

Airbus secured the biggest-ever single order in its history for 430 A320neos valued at $49.5 billion, besides firming up orders for 90 aircraft of the same family, while its transatlantic rival Boeing inked a landmark $27 billion deal with Dubai's low-cost carrier flydubai for 225 MAX family 737 aircraft.

Source: Khaleej Times