Tata Group's Air India is in talks with Airbus and Boeing for a major new order potentially including some 200 extra single-aisle planes, topping up a mammoth 2023 deal as the flag carrier seeks to pre-empt a growing jet shortage, industry sources said.

A boy looks at Air India airline passenger aircrafts parked at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India, February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

The order discussions, which one of the sources said could involve hundreds of airplanes in total spread across various sizes, expands on previously reported discussions for a further batch of large wide-body aircraft, the sources said.

Air India, Airbus and Boeing did not immediately respond to requests for comment.