The A320neo in IndiGo colours is Flight International's cover this week following the news that the Indian low-cost carrier is committing (but, note, not yet firmly ordering) to 150 of the re-engined narrowbody, plus 30 "old-style" A320s.
We have an opening spread which looks at what Airbus plans to do now with the programme, the status of the engine battle between CFM and Pratt & Whitney and the robustness of India's air transport market and its airlines' order bank.
Safety and operations editor David Learmount's annual survey of airline safety tallies the incidence and causes of accidents in 2010 and examines why the industry's safety record has refused to fall for eight years, after a century of improvement.
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