<p>New Delhi: Country's leading airline IndiGo on Thursday announced placing an order for 30 wide-body A350-900 planes.</p><p>The airline, which is expanding its international presence, has till now been operating only narro-body Airbus aircraft except for two Boeing 777 planes leased from Turkish Airlines for operations on the Istanbul route.</p><p>In a release, the carrier said it has entered the "wide body space with an order for 30 firm Airbus A350-900 aircraft".</p>.Healthy, tough competition in Indian aviation market; price sensitive too: IndiGo CEO.<p>These planes will be powered by Rolls Royce's Trent XWB engine.</p><p>"The exact configuration of the aircraft will be decided at a later stage, and the deliveries are expected to start from 2027. In addition to the 30 firm A350-900 order, IndiGo has purchase rights for an additional 70 Airbus A350 family aircraft, at its discretion, for possible future needs under certain conditions," it said.</p><p>Currently, IndiGo operates over 350 aircraft.</p><p>In June last year, IndiGo placed the largest ever single aircraft order by any airline for 500 aircraft with Airbus.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Country's leading airline IndiGo on Thursday announced placing an order for 30 wide-body A350-900 planes.</p><p>The airline, which is expanding its international presence, has till now been operating only narro-body Airbus aircraft except for two Boeing 777 planes leased from Turkish Airlines for operations on the Istanbul route.</p><p>In a release, the carrier said it has entered the "wide body space with an order for 30 firm Airbus A350-900 aircraft".</p>.Healthy, tough competition in Indian aviation market; price sensitive too: IndiGo CEO.<p>These planes will be powered by Rolls Royce's Trent XWB engine.</p><p>"The exact configuration of the aircraft will be decided at a later stage, and the deliveries are expected to start from 2027. In addition to the 30 firm A350-900 order, IndiGo has purchase rights for an additional 70 Airbus A350 family aircraft, at its discretion, for possible future needs under certain conditions," it said.</p><p>Currently, IndiGo operates over 350 aircraft.</p><p>In June last year, IndiGo placed the largest ever single aircraft order by any airline for 500 aircraft with Airbus.</p>