IndiGo Airlines

IndiGo Airlines

Infobox Airline
airline=IndiGo

logo_size=148
fleet_size=20 (+ 80 orders)
destinations=17
IATA=6E
ICAO=IGO
callsign=IFLY
parent=Interglobe Enterprises
company_slogan=Go IndiGo
founded=2005
headquarters=New Delhi
key_people= Bruce Ashby
hubs=


*Indira Gandhi International Airport
*Bengaluru International Airport
*Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport

focus_cities=

*Pune
*Hyderabad
*Chennai

frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=
website= http://www.goindigo.in

IndiGo Airlines is a private domestic low-cost airline based in Gurgaon, India. It operates domestic services linking 14 destinations. Its main base is Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 93 | date= 2007-04-03]

History

The airline commenced operations on 4 August 2006 with a service from Delhi to Imphal via Guwahati. The airline is owned by InterGlobe Enterprises and is in the process of a 50/50 merger with Shivraj Airways Charters LTD. It took delivery of its first Airbus A320 aircraft on 28 July 2006 and received six aircraft during 2006. Nine more aircraft were delivered in 2007 taking the total to 15. The carrier has set a target of serving approximately 30 Indian cities by 2010 with a fleet size of 40 A320 and A321 aircraft. The airline will receive all 100 A320 family aircraft by 2016. [http://www.airbus.com/en/presscentre/pressreleases/pressreleases_items/07_28_06_a320_indigo.html Airbus Press Release - IndiGo celebrates delivery of first Airbus A320] 28 July 2006]

Former US Airways Executive Vice-President, Marketing and Planning Bruce Ashby has joined IndiGo Airlines as their Chief Executive Officer. The Indian Government has approved the airline's aircraft import plan "in principle". The airline has also acquired 3 parking spots in New Delhi and Mumbai airports. [http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pressnews/indigoairbusa320aircraft/indigotakesdeliveryits5thbrandnewairbusa320/market/stocks/article/252430 Money Control - IndiGo takes delivery of its 5th brand new Airbus A320] ]

Destinations

IndiGo operate scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations (as of July 2008): [ [http://www.goindigo.in Indigo Airlines Routes] ]
*Agartala - Singerbhil Airport
*Ahmedabad - Sardar Patel Airport
*Bangalore - Bangalore Airport
*Bhubaneswar - Biju Patnaik Airport
*Chennai - Meenambakkam Airport
*Cochin - Nedumbassery Airport
*Delhi - Indira Gandhi Airport
*Goa - Dabolim Airport
*Guwahati - Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
*Hyderabad - Shamshabad Airport
*Imphal - Imphal Airport
*Jaipur - Sanganer Airport
*Kolkata - Subhash Chandra Bose Airport
*Mumbai - Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport
*Nagpur - Sonegaon Airport
*Pune - Lohegaon Airport
*Udaipur - Maharana Pratap Airport
*Vadodara - Harni Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

The IndiGo fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August, 2008:

As of April 2008 the average age of the IndiGo fleet was 1.0 years

Aircraft orders

IndiGo placed an order for 100 Airbus A320 family aircraft during the 2005 Paris Air Show. The total order was worth US $6 billion, one of the highest by any domestic carrier during the show. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4098906.stm Airbus wins $6bn order from India] ] [ [http://www.airbus.com/en/corporate/orders_and_deliveries Airbus Orders and Deliveries] ]

External links

* [http://book.goindigo.in IndiGo Airlines]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=INO&al_op=1 IndiGo Airlines Fleet]
* [http://www.uduko.com/topic_detail/details/41 List on Indian low cost carriers in India]
* [http://www.theburningsoul.com/my-blog/14-blog/115-indigo-airline-a-journey-through-sandwiched-hell Indigo Airlines Indigo Airline Travel Experiences]

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