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IndiGo growth strategy unchanged; management has board's full support: CEO

The statement came after media reports regarding alleged disagreements between the airline's two promoters - Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal

Report of 'rift' between IndiGo promoters; airline calls it speculation

The report quoted sources as saying that the two partners have approached different law firms

Indigo launching 6 daily flights from Kolkata connecting Shillong, Raipur

Indigo will launch these six new flights to and from Kolkata effective from July 20.

Business class at budget price: How Indigo plans to lure Europe-Asia fliers

Success could upend a long-haul market between Asia and Europe that's long been the preserve of full-service carriers from Singapore Airlines to Emirates Airline

Airbus top client IndiGo prepares for another 'multi-billion-dollar' order

Operated by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, IndiGo is one of the few Indian carriers with enough cash to aggressively expand

DGCA notice to IndiGo COO over P&W engine, conducts safety audit

Aviation regulator DGCA has issued a show-cause notice to budget carrier IndiGo's chief operating officer and engineering head over the Pratt & Whitney engines issues, sources close to the development said. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is also conducting a special safety audit of the airline's operations and engineering, they said. Indian carriers IndiGo and GoAir, which have Pratt & Whitney-powered Airbus A320 neo planes, have been facing problems with these engines, manufactured by the US firm, since their induction in the fleet three years ago. "The DGCA issued show-cause notice last week to IndiGo's chief operating officer Wolfgang Prock-Schauer and engineering head S C Gupta over the Pratt & Whitney engines issues," a source said. "The aviation regulator is also conducting a special safety audit of the airline after coming across issues in its operations and engineering," he said. Queries sent to Prock-Schauer and IndiGo spokesperson remained ...

IndiGo's chief planning officer Micheal Swiatek quits for personal reasons

Swiatek is the second senior executive after Cindi Szadokiersky, who was working as vice-president (airports), to have deboarded the airline in the last four months

IndiGo to start Chennai-Raipur, Hyd-Gorakhpur, Kolkata-Gorakhpur flights

The Indigo flights on the Chennai-Raipur route will begin from April 7

IndiGo woos Jet Airways' pilots, offers compensation for overdue salaries

Crisis-hit Jet Airways has not paid salaries to its pilots, engineers and other senior management for more than three months now

Holi bonanza: Indigo airlines offers 3-day special sale; know the details

Under the sale, tickets for routes such as Delhi-Ahmedabad, Delhi-Kolkata and Delhi-Mumbai are available at Rs 2,199, Rs 2,899 and Rs 2,399, respectively

Indigo to China Airlines: Worsening pilot shortage sours Asia's travel boom

Southeast Asia and India are likely to face the brunt of the shortfall, with the most impact felt by four carriers -- AirAsia, IndiGo, Lion Air and VietJet

The giant's growing pangs

Changes in management, poor pilot planning and growing faster than expected are making the market leader's ride bumpy

IndiGo stock faces turbulence amid pilot shortage, dives 7.5% in 10 days

Since February 9-10, the airline has cancelled over 300 flights

IndiGo crisis explained: Planes, planes everywhere, but no one to fly them

IndiGo has said the situation is well in control and that it will not slow down capacity addition

Indigo crisis: Nearly 130 flights cancelled for today due to pilot shortage

The Gurugram-based budget carrier operates over 1,300 flights per day with a fleet of 210 planes.

IndiGo to cancel 30 daily flights for February as it looks to stabilise ops

The budget carrier cancelled 49 flights on Wednesday and the same has been informed to aviation regulator DGCA

30 more IndiGo flights cancelled, fliers resort to high last-minute fares

On the other hand, there was no indication of any probe by the aviation regulator into the cancellation of such large number of flights by the airline since last Saturday.

Over 80 IndiGo flights cancelled, 11 diverted on bad weather, crew shortage

Apart from that, thirty eight flights from different airlines were diverted in total

P&W engine woes: IndiGo grounds an A320neo aircraft in Lucknow

IndiGo has grounded an A320 neo aircraft at Lucknow due to problem in the Pratt & Whitney engine, according to a source. The aircraft has been grounded for maintenance since January 31. P&W engine-powered A320 neos have been grappling with problems and aviation regulator DGCA has issued various directives to address these issues. An IndiGo spokesperson Sunday said flight 6E-447 which was scheduled to operate on the Lucknow-Delhi route on January 31 was grounded as a precautionary measure. A source said the flight was to be operated with an A320 neo plane. "After taxi out the pilot noticed an error in the engine parameter. As a caution, he returned the aircraft to the bay," an airline spokesperson said. The spokesperson said that after the inspection of the aircraft engine by the airline's technical team, the aircraft was grounded for further maintenance and engine would be changed.

IndiGo to start daily direct flights from Delhi to Istanbul from March 20

With a fleet of more than 200 planes, IndiGo operates over 1,300 daily flights