Airbus has signed a deal to sell 430 jetliners, one of the largest orders in the history of commercial aviation. To put it in perspective, a single airline with 430 planes would rank among the 10 largest carriers on the planet. Related: Emirates looks past turmoil with huge Boeing dealThe Indigo Partners deal is the single largest order by number of aircraft that any individual plane maker has received. American Airlines in 2011 ordered 460 new planes in a single deal, but that was spread between both Boeing and Airbus. Indian low-cost airline IndiGo (which isn't connected to Indigo Partners) bought 250 Airbus jets in 2015.

Source: CNN November 15, 2017 07:21 UTC