IndiGo is planning to expand in size by adding new international and domestic routes, as the airline is set to meet the global aim of matching itself with India’s economic development, said CEO Pieter Elbers.
In an interview with PTI, Elbers said that the next big leap for the country’s largest airline will be to increase two-fold by the end of the decade.
By expanding its overseas business, IndiGo is looking forward to A321 XLR aircraft as it is going to be part of the airline by 2025. The airline has a market share of 60%.
Addressing Pratt & Whitney engine issues, the IndiGochief stated that the airline is adopting several measures in order to reduce the effect and it is showing results too. Aircraft on Ground (AOG) condition is steady.
As per Elber, ”IndiGo with double of current size, footmark and worldwide reach by 2030. That is the aspiring target’’. Indigo is anticipated to add more codeshare collaboration. Currently, the airline has codeshare with British Airways, American Airline, Turkish Airways, Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Atlantic and KLM-AirFrance.
The airline plans to have a combination of new domestic and international routes and it will play a crucial role in achieving its aim to double in size and it claims that preliminary work for this has been worked out.
Elber asserted,’’ if India is the most populous country in the world and the country will very soon become third largest economy in the world in the near future, it should have an aviation ecosystem which will be at par with the country’s aim and the airline will play a major role in this’’, PTI reported.
Presently, Indigo carries out operation from 33 international, 88 domestics destinations and has more than 360 aircrafts.