New Delhi. The world has admired the changes that have taken place in the defense policy of India under the leadership of PM Modi in the last few years. Both foreign affairs and defense policy are at their peak under the Modi government. Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron attended the launch of the new Air India-Airbus partnership via video conference. During this, the chairman of Tata Sons said that we have built a special relationship with Airbus. I am happy to announce that we have signed an agreement to buy 250 aircraft from Airbus. Prime Minister Modi also had a telephonic conversation with US President Joe Biden. The ‘Air India-Boeing deal’ was also discussed between the two leaders.
Let us tell you that meanwhile this news is also coming out that Air India will also buy 220 aircraft from Boeing. This information was given by the White House on Tuesday. US President Joe Biden hailed a ‘historic deal’ for Air India to buy 220 Boeing BA.N airplanes with a list price of $34 billion. Significantly, Air India will buy 220 aircraft for $ 34 billion. These include 190 B737 Max, 20 B787, and 10 B777X.
It is also worth noting that under this agreement, an option to buy 70 more aircraft has also been kept. Due to which the total transaction value can reach $ 45.9 billion. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi spoke to US President Joe Biden on the phone and discussed this historic agreement. Tata group chief N Chandrasekaran said that Air India will buy 250 aircraft from the Airbus company. This includes 40 wide body A-350 aircraft and 210 narrow body aircraft. An option to extend the order has also been kept in the agreement. At the same time, Airbus said that it will hand over the first A350 aircraft to Air India by the end of this year. This will lead to unprecedented growth in India’s aviation services.