India's IndiGo agrees $2.6 billion aircraft finance deal with China's ICBC

Reuters

Published Sep 17, 2014 10:57

India's IndiGo agrees $2.6 billion aircraft finance deal with China's ICBC

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian carrier IndiGo has signed a $2.6 billion (1.6 billion pounds) deal with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) for the lender to finance more than 30 new aircraft, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

Under the memorandum of understanding, ICBC will provide IndiGo, India's largest airline by market share, with financing for the planes through either a sale and lease back or commercial lending deal, the statement quoted IndiGo President Aditya Ghosh as saying.