India’s commercial aircraft fleet of over 100 seats will triple in size to 2,250 over the next decade, as the country grows to become the third-largest civil aviation market in the world by 2035, from the existing 850, a senior official of the aircraft maker Airbus said on Thursday. Westermeier also said Airbus currently has a backlog of 1,250 aircraft from Indian carriers and hopes to deliver on an average 120-150 planes every year which translates into two per week. The fleet expansion is driven both by the Indian aviation market boom and the Indian airlines’ ambition to expand on international routes. According to him, the Indian carriers have placed orders for more than 1,700 aircraft and 72 per cent of this backlog is Airbus. He further said India is expected to add 50 more airports to the existing 150 in the next 10 years.