Air India (AI, Delhi International) has signed an agreement with Kuwait's Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) for the lease of fourteen A320neo. Announced last year, the deal will see six aircraft delivered next year followed by six in 2018 and two in 2019.

The state-owned airline is in the process of retiring its nineteen older A320-200s inherited from Indian Airlines (Delhi International) following their merger in 2011.