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Jun 2023
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The biggest order in commercial aviation...

Bbc World Service
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Indian carrier IndiGo has agreed to buy 500 Airbus A320 aircraft in a deal worth roughly $55bn. The agreement was announced on the first day of the Paris Airshow. Devina Gupta discusses this and more business news from around the world with Takara Small, technology journalist based in Toronto and Sergio Guzmán, director of Colombia Risk Analysis based in B ... Show More
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