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Reliance Insdustries are likely to place orders for 1,500 to 1,700 planes

Indian carriers to place orders for 1,500 to 1,700 planes in the next 1-2 years and Air India is expected to make the first move with a potential order for 500 aircraft, aviation consultancy CAPA said

IndiGo's cargo plans are independent of Interglobe-UPS JV, says airline

Interglobe Enterprise which holds 37.82% in IndiGo, is entering the business of logistics and cargo by forming a 50:50 joint venture with logistics giant UPS

IndiGo slips into losses due to exchange rate and higher fuel price

The airline will deploy 60% more capacity in FY23 than in FY22 when it had to curtail operations in April due to surge of Delta variant and in Dec-Jan due to Omicron

Another churn in IndiGo's management cockpit amid turbulent times

More than three months ago, the country's largest airline IndiGo's successful co-founders Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal made headlines. On February 4, the announcement came that Bhatia will take charge as the airline's Managing Director and on February 18, amid the not-so-cosy relations between the two co-founders, it was announced that Gangwal has stepped down from its board. Bhatia took over as the Managing Director on February 4 and since then, there have been quite a few churns in the top deck. IndiGo -- a low-cost carrier which accounts for more than half of the country's domestic traffic -- has announced the appointment of new Chairman, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since March. In March, IndiGo's market share stood at 54.8 per cent, as per official data. IndiGo, which has nearly 300 planes in its fleet, is also bracing for more competition with Akasa expected to be operational in the coming months while Jet Airways likely to restart ...

Ethiopian Airlines explores commercial tie-ups with IndiGo, SpiceJet

Africa's largest carrier Ethiopian Airlines, which already has a codeshare pact with Tata Group-owned Air India, is looking to have "commercial" tie-ups with domestic budget carriers IndiGo

Specially abled child barred from boarding IndiGo flight, NCPCR seeks FIR

The apex child rights body in the country, NCPCR, asked the Jharkhand police on Monday to lodge an FIR against IndiGo for barring a specially-abled child from boarding a flight at the Ranchi airport.

Indigo CEO offers regret after specially- abled child is barred from flight

IndiGo CEO on Monday offered his regrets on the incident that happened at the Ranchi airport on Saturday wherein a specially-abled child was barred from boarding his flight to Hyderabad

Australian carrier Qantas to start flights on Sydney-Bengaluru route

Australian carrier Qantas on Friday announced it will start flights on the Sydney-Benglauru route from September 14 onwards and is finalising a codeshare partnership with Indian carrier IndiGo

Ukraine crisis: IndiGo to operate flights to Budapest to bring back Indians

Amid the intensifying conflict between Ukraine and Russia, the Indian government is bringing back its citizens stranded in Ukraine

Budget carrier IndiGo partners with MakeMyTrip for holiday offerings

IndiGo said it will use its extensive flights inventory across the network in conjunction with MakeMyTrip's vast inventory of hotels and activities, to offer holiday packages under 6E Holidays

Chronically ill aviation industry due to 21% indirect taxes: IndiGo CEO

Ronojoy Dutta requested the Ministry of Finance to reduce central excise taxes on fuel from 11% to 5% and eliminate custom duties on aircraft repair parts

Tata Group airlines to be top on 10 busiest routes, shows data

On the top 100 routes in terms of departures, Tata Group is ahead of its chief rival IndiGo on 30 of them

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IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Ga­n­gwal has moved Delhi High Court to enforce an arbitration order of the London Court of International Arbitration

Transported 81,437 kg of Covid vaccines between Jan 12 and Apr 12: IndiGo

IndiGo airline transported a total of 81,437 kg of COVID-19 vaccines between January 12 and April 12, the budget carrier said in a statement on Friday. It noted that the airline had a leading market share of 36.56 per cent in COVID-19 vaccine transportation during this period. "IndiGo operated these flights by adhering to all the requisite precautionary measures," the statement said. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation had in early January issued guidelines for airlines for transportation of COVID-19 vaccine packed in dry ice. Ronojoy Dutta, chief executive officer of IndiGo, said, "We are pleased to be the leader in COVID vaccine transportation in the country by moving the highest share of these vaccines, at 36.5% in the last three months, from key COVID vaccine manufacturing points - Pune, Hyderabad & Mumbai.

IndiGo introduces door-to-door baggage transfer service

Airline major IndiGo on Friday said that it has partnered with on-demand platform CarterPorter

BOC Aviation, IndiGo sign purchase-leaseback pact for eight A320Neo planes

BOC Aviation Limited has signed purchase-and-leaseback agreements with InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (IndiGo) for eight new Airbus A320NEO aircraft. "The addition of these eight A320NEO aircraft demonstrates our confidence in the future growth of the aviation market in India," said Riyaz Peermohamed, Chief Aircraft Acquisition & Financing Officer, IndiGo. The aircraft will be powered by CFM Leap engines and are scheduled to be delivered in the second half of 2021, the Singapore-based aircraft leasing company said in a release on Monday. "This incremental capital expenditure also reflects our disciplined investment strategy throughout the cycle, focused on building a portfolio of the latest technology aircraft," said Robert Martin, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, BOC Aviation. He further noted that "we are delighted to partner once again with IndiGo, India's largest passenger airline, as we continue to support our airline customers to finance their aircraft deliveries.

Aviation stks in focus; InterGlobe Aviation hits 52-wk high; SpiceJet up 6%

The ministry had said last week that the Indian airlines can operate maximum 60% of their pre-Covid domestic passenger flights till February 24 next year due to the prevailing coronavirus situation

IndiGo, Stemz Healthcare to offer pre-flight RT-PCR test to passengers

To book a test, passengers can take appointments online on IndiGo website through a co-branded URL page based on their travel date, the release noted

IndiGo sees demand inching up, reduces leave without pay for pilots

Airbus A320 and A321 pilots will have leave without pay of three days per month and for captains of regional aircraft fleet ATR-72 there will be no more LWP

Top Headlines: Economic crisis, RIL-Aramco deal, import curbs, and more

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