PARIS: India's IndiGo airline is buying 500 passenger jets from European plane maker Airbus, the two companies said on Monday, in a record-setting order that underscores surging demand for air travel fueled by the country's economic growth.

IndiGo, India's dominant carrier, is buying the narrow-body A320 aircraft in what the companies said was the single biggest purchase agreement in commercial aviation history.

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