IndiGo flies the most-successful single-aisle airplane in the world and it is also the most modern, which is the A320 and now the A321, he mentioned. What I can tell you is that when you start an airline in India, what is the benchmark you are looking at? It is pretty obvious, isn't it? It is IndiGo and to some extent Go First and SpiceJet, but the big guy is IndiGo." When asked whether he can tell what stage the negotiations are with Akasa, Scherer replied, "That is really private. It aims to start operations by the summer of 2022 and plans to operate approximately 70 planes in the next four years. Of course, we do," Airbus chief commercial officer Christian Scherer replied, when asked by PTI whether he plans to counter the offer put by Boeing to Akasa.Īkasa is backed by ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and has former IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh on its board. "We are not in the business of countering offers but we are having conversations with Akasa. Airbus's A320 series of aircraft competes with Boeing's B737 series of planes in the aviation market. Airbus is in conversation with Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed new airline Akasa for an aircraft procurement deal, a top official of the European plane manufacturer has said.Īkasa has been in discussions with US plane manufacturer Boeing to procure its B737 Max planes, multiple media reports had said two months back.
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