India has become Number 1 in Asia on ordering aircraft
Posted on : 16 July, 2021 12:58 pm
India became the third-largest buyer of commercial passenger planes in the world after the US and China. Furthermore, they ordered 1000 commercial passenger aircraft. The aircraft order book of the Indian airline industry will soon touch 1,080, which would mean that for every aircraft in service, there will be 2.2 aircraft on order, said a report released by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA), a Sydney-based aviation think tank.
Asia’s number 1 country on the behalf of ordering aircraft
India became the third-largest country in the world after America and China. In the coming years, the Indian aviation market will be bigger than America and China. But now, India has become Asia’s number 1 on the behalf of ordering more commercial passengers planes as compared to other countries.
Airline Fleet In India
| Name Of The Airlines | Number Of Aircraft |
| Indigo | 259 |
| Air India | 121 |
| Spicejet | 81 |
| Go Air | 56 |
| Vistara | 48 |
| Air Asia India | 34 |
| Air India Express | 24 |
| Alliance Air | 19 |
| Star Air | 5 |
| Air Taxi | 1 |
| Fly Big | 1 |
| Spice Shuttle | 1 |
| Trujet | 1 |
| Total | 651 |
Types Of Aircraft
| Types of aircrafts | Number of aircrafts |
| Airbus | 439 |
| ATR | 48 |
| Boeing 737 | 88 |
| Boeing 747 | 1 |
| Boeing 777 | 16 |
| Boeing 787 | 29 |
| Bombardier CRj | 0 |
| Bombardier Q 400 | 23 |
| Embraer ERj | 5 |
| Tecnam | 1 |
| Viking Air DHC Twin Otter | 1 |
| Total | 651 |