NEW DELHI: “Ahmedabad to Amsterdam. Surat to Seoul. Patna to Paris.” A day after ordering 30 wide body Airbus A350s, with an choice to order 70 extra, IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers used these rhyming metropolis pairs to give a glimpse of how founder Rahul Bhatia plans the airline’s community to doubtlessly evolve over the subsequent few years.
“…these new wide body aircraft will really be the next step in our ambition to become a global aviation player.We can build on our hubs in India, nonstop connect our Indian strongholds in the metros to destinations all over the globe. But also connecting and supporting the nation by building India into an aviation hub and power house,” Elbers mentioned in a mail to workers Friday.
India’s largest airline by home market share (at over 60%), IndiGo flew over 10 crore passengers final 12 months and it at the moment operates 350 plane. It has over 1,000 single aisle A320 household planes nonetheless on order to be delivered until mid 2030s. With an order for up to 100 A350s, it is going to have its personal wide our bodies working to far off corners of the planet from India beginning 2027.
“…A new wonderful chapter in the beautiful IndiGo journey and story is now in the making. The journey towards 2030 with the objective to double in size by the end of this decade will now be further cemented by planes and a subsequent network that will allow us even more to enable our purpose of ‘giving wings to nation, by connecting people and aspirations’…. We have a very solid foundation in the Indian market and from there we are reaching further and further. This is India’s time and IndiGo’s too! We have expanded our international network recently already quite significantly. The (Airbus A321) XLR aircraft will further expand today’s range to parts of Europe and Asia,” Elbers mentioned.
IndiGo dipped its toe into the wide body market when it not too long ago moist leased (employed with working crew) two B777s from Turkish Airlines to function a day by day between Delhi/Mumbai and Istanbul. After gaining that have, it has ultimately ordered its personal wide our bodies whose supply will begin in 2027 — when IndiGo shall be turning 21. The choice to order 70 extra A350s shall be positioned “at its discretion, for possible future needs under certain conditions,” the airline says.
“…these new wide body aircraft will really be the next step in our ambition to become a global aviation player.We can build on our hubs in India, nonstop connect our Indian strongholds in the metros to destinations all over the globe. But also connecting and supporting the nation by building India into an aviation hub and power house,” Elbers mentioned in a mail to workers Friday.
India’s largest airline by home market share (at over 60%), IndiGo flew over 10 crore passengers final 12 months and it at the moment operates 350 plane. It has over 1,000 single aisle A320 household planes nonetheless on order to be delivered until mid 2030s. With an order for up to 100 A350s, it is going to have its personal wide our bodies working to far off corners of the planet from India beginning 2027.
“…A new wonderful chapter in the beautiful IndiGo journey and story is now in the making. The journey towards 2030 with the objective to double in size by the end of this decade will now be further cemented by planes and a subsequent network that will allow us even more to enable our purpose of ‘giving wings to nation, by connecting people and aspirations’…. We have a very solid foundation in the Indian market and from there we are reaching further and further. This is India’s time and IndiGo’s too! We have expanded our international network recently already quite significantly. The (Airbus A321) XLR aircraft will further expand today’s range to parts of Europe and Asia,” Elbers mentioned.
IndiGo dipped its toe into the wide body market when it not too long ago moist leased (employed with working crew) two B777s from Turkish Airlines to function a day by day between Delhi/Mumbai and Istanbul. After gaining that have, it has ultimately ordered its personal wide our bodies whose supply will begin in 2027 — when IndiGo shall be turning 21. The choice to order 70 extra A350s shall be positioned “at its discretion, for possible future needs under certain conditions,” the airline says.
