president joe biden in a call with indias prime minister narendra modi hailed air indias deal to purchase over 200 americanmade aircraft from boeing what happened biden on tuesday spoke to modi about air indias historic deal with boeing co ba which he said will support over one million american jobs across 44 states biden while announcing the boeingair india deal asserted that together with pm modi he was looking forward to deepening the ties between the two countries see also boeing trims india outlook for jetliners over next two decades the white house said as per the agreement boeing will supply air india with 190 b737 max 20 b787 and 10 b777x for a total of 220 firm orders valued at 34 billion at list price the deal also includes customer options for an additional 50 boeing 737 max and 20 boeing 787 totaling 290 airplanes for a total of 459 billion at the list price the air india order is boeing’s third biggest sale ever in value and second in terms of the number of planes meanwhile the uk prime minister also lauded air indias deal to buy 250 aircraft from airbus eadsf the deal involves the purchase of 40 a350 widebody aircraft and 210 a320 narrowbody aircraft  rishi sunak said the landmark deal” will create betterpaid jobs and new opportunities in manufacturing hubs from derby to wales” so that the uk can grow the economy and support our agenda to level up” check out more of benzinga’s europe and asia coverage by following this link read next boeing to cut around 2k finance and hr jobs outsource some to india