India's IndiGo orders 30 Airbus A350s in bet on long-haul routes

IndiGo, India's top airline by market share, on Thursday placed its first-ever order for wide-body aircraft as the low-cost carrier intensifies its efforts to take a bigger slice of the international travel business from dominant Gulf airlines.Foreign airlines accounted for 55% of outbound international traffic from India in the final quarter of last year, according to latest government data.