World's largest commercial jet purchase orders – India's Indigo tops the list


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A file picture of an IndiGo Airlines Airbus A320 aircraft at Mumbai’s Chhatrapathi Shivaji International Airport in 2013. -- Reuters

Indigo, India’s largest airline, recently placed an order for 500 Airbus narrow-body jets, the largest ever plane deal by number of aircraft, overtaking an earlier deal by rival Air India.

The following are the biggest plane deals, by number of aircraft.

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