AIRBUS has received an order for 255 new aircraft from US private equity firm Indigo Partners in the first significant deal for the company since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, reports CNBC.
Indigo, founded and run by investor Bill Franke, owns stakes in airlines including Frontier in the US, Hungary's Wizz Air, Mexico's Volaris, and Jetsmart in China and Argentina.
Speaking at the Dubai Air Show, airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said the deal for the A321 aircraft was a 'very positive signal that we [are starting] to be on the front foot again.'
The value of the deal for the single-aisle passenger jets has not been revealed, but is believed to be worth billions of dollars.
'It's an order that takes us into the second half of the decade - that's very important for Airbus to have visibility on the long term, to plan production as we move from Covid-19 that was [a] constrain on demand,' Mr Faury said.
'Covid has changed a lot of things, but climate change is also having a big impact on how the airlines are ordering moving forward,' Mr Faury said.
There is plenty of focus on the sustainability of air travel at this year's event as it comes hot on the heels of the high-profile COP26 climate summit.
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Indigo, founded and run by investor Bill Franke, owns stakes in airlines including Frontier in the US, Hungary's Wizz Air, Mexico's Volaris, and Jetsmart in China and Argentina.
Speaking at the Dubai Air Show, airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said the deal for the A321 aircraft was a 'very positive signal that we [are starting] to be on the front foot again.'
The value of the deal for the single-aisle passenger jets has not been revealed, but is believed to be worth billions of dollars.
'It's an order that takes us into the second half of the decade - that's very important for Airbus to have visibility on the long term, to plan production as we move from Covid-19 that was [a] constrain on demand,' Mr Faury said.
'Covid has changed a lot of things, but climate change is also having a big impact on how the airlines are ordering moving forward,' Mr Faury said.
There is plenty of focus on the sustainability of air travel at this year's event as it comes hot on the heels of the high-profile COP26 climate summit.
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