IndiGo Orders 500 Aircrafts...

Partnership with Turkish Airlines for Mega Expansion…

New Delhi: On Friday, IndiGo has joined hands with Turkish airlines to expand its reach to Europe, and has also ordered 500 aircraft as part of its mega expansion plan, said Vinay Malhotra, who is the airline's head of international sales.

He further added that it will help in improving passenger services from India to Istanbul and to Europe.

IndiGo has aircraft in the pipeline from European giant Airbus that will ensure delivery till 2030, according to airline officials.

"Currently we are flying 300 aircraft and we have 500 more on order.

The expansion depends a lot on the frequency and the timing of when we will get an aircraft.

But as and when the aircraft are coming, they will be deployed into the domestic market and some overseas," Mr. Malhotra told news agency ANI.

Mr. Malhotra later said that the airline is currently flying 1,800 flights a day and 10 per cent out of them on international routes as well.

Our current international flights are concentrated around the Indian sub-continent and some other countries also.

The Longest we travel is to Turkey and Istanbul. We have been very keen to fly further and that is why we have a partnership with Turkish airlines.

This is a code ship partnership which will allow us to penetrate Europe like never before," he said.