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IndiGo
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IndiGo is a private, low-cost carrier based in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.[1] The airline started operations in August 2006 and currently is the largest airline in India by market share.[2] The airline is also one of the fastest growing airlines in the world.[3][4]

IndiGo

IATA 6E Founded

ICAO IGO 2006

Callsign IFLY

Contents
1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 3.1 Livery 4 Services 5 Accidents and incidents 6 Awards and achievements 7 References 8 External links

Commenced 4 August 2006 operations Hubs Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi)

Secondary hubs

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (Mumbai) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (Kolkata)

History
Focus cities

IndiGo was set up in early 2006 by Rakesh S Gangwal, a USA-based NRI and Rahul Bhatia of InterGlobe Enterprises. InterGlobe holds 51.12% stake in IndiGo and 48% is held by Gangwal's Virginia-based company Caelum Investments.[5] IndiGo placed a firm order of 100 Airbus A320-200 aircraft during June 2005 in plans to commence operations in mid-2006.[6] IndiGo took delivery of its first Airbus A320-200 aircraft on 28 July 2006, nearly one year after placing the order, and commenced operations on 4 August 2006 with a service from New Delhi to Imphal via Guwahati. By the end of 2006, the airline had six aircraft. Nine more aircraft were acquired in 2007 taking the total to 15. By December 2010, IndiGo replaced the state run flag carrier Air India as the top third airline in India. It already had a 17.3% of the market share, behind Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways.[7] By early 2012, IndiGo had taken the delivery of its 50th aircraft in less than 6 years. IndiGo is known to have placed the largest order in commercial aviation history during 2011 at that time, when Airbus won the US$15 billion deal for 180 aircraft. This deal pushed up the percentage of Airbus aircraft in India to 73%.[8]
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Bengaluru International Airport Chennai International Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (Ahmedabad)

Frequentflyer program Fleet size

IndiGo Corporate Programme

66 (202 orders)

Destinations 33 Company slogan Parent company Go IndiGo InterGlobe Enterprises

Headquarters Gurgaon, Haryana, India Key people Rahul Bhatia, MD

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By February 2012, IndiGo was expanding rapidly and Aditya Ghosh, president was making solid profits, the only airline in India to do so. 6.5 billion (US$110 million) Profit It had replaced Kingfisher as the second largest airline in (2011) India in terms of market share. IndiGo's strong adherence to a low-cost model, buying only one type of aircraft and www.goindigo.in Website keeping operational costs as low as possible along with an (http://www.goindigo.in) emphasis on punctuality are said to be some of the reasons for its success even when the airline industry in India is going through a bad patch. IndiGo focuses on adding a new plane every six weeks and sometimes even faster. However, this rapid expansion led to a scathing report by the DGCA in December 2011, which highlighted problems resulting from this expansion in the airline that could impact safety.[9] On 17 August 2012, IndiGo became the largest airline in India in terms of market share (27%),[3] which is more than one-fourth of total market share of all the Indian airlines combined, in the process dethroning the full-service carrier Jet Airways, which had held that position for many years. The airline had reached the position just six years after operations commenced.[3] In January 2013, the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation announced with, along with Indonesian airline Lion Air, IndiGo was the second fastest growing low-cost carrier in the continent.[4] In the same month, IndiGo became India's first airline to take the delivery of the Airbus A320-200 aircraft equipped with sharklets. Aditya Ghosh, IndiGo's president said that this move would help them reduce fuel burn.[10] In February 2013, following the civil aviation ministry announcing that they would be allowing IndiGo to take the delivery of only five aircraft that year, reports suggested that the airline was in plans to introduce low-cost regional flights by setting up a subsidiary. However, Aditya Ghosh, IndiGo's president said that all such reports were fake and Indigo was actually in plans to seek permission from the ministry to acquire four more aircraft, therefore taking the delivery of 9 aircraft in 2013.[11]

Destinations
Main article: IndiGo destinations IndiGo operates to 33 destinations in India and abroad with 422 daily flights.[12] In January 2011 IndiGo received a license to operate international flights after completing five years of operations.[13] IndiGo's first international service was launched between New Delhi and Dubai on 1 September 2011.[14] Over the following weeks, the international services were expanded to serve Bangkok, Singapore, Muscat and Kathmandu from New Delhi and Mumbai.[15]

Fleet
In order to reduce operational overhead, IndiGo operates only the Airbus A320 family of aircraft in its fleet. It generally purchases new aircraft. As of June 2013, IndiGo operates 66 such aircraft and the average fleet age is 2.3 years.[16] IndiGo has operated a total of 77 Airbus A320-200 aircraft.

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An IndiGo A320 at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi loading before take off to Coimbatore

IndiGo Fleet[17] Aircraft Airbus A320200 Airbus A320neo Total In Passengers Orders Service (Economy) 66 52 180 Notes 31 sold and leased back 14 aircraft phased out Deliveries starting 2016
The interior of an IndiGo A320

66

150[18] 203

180

Fleet info IndiGo aimed to have a fleet size of 40 aircraft by 2010, and induct all the 100 aircraft it had ordered by 20152016.[19] In February 2012, IndiGo took the delivery of its 50th aircraft. On 15 January 2013, the first IndiGo A320-200 was rolled out with sharklets. The aeroplane, registered VT-IFH, is IndiGo's 62nd aircraft and it was delivered less than two weeks later.[20] The Airbus A320neo family aircraft will be delivered between 2016 and 2025.[21] New 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 during the show.[22][23] IndiGo signed a Memorandum of Understanding for an additional 180 Airbus A320 aircraft including 150 with the New Engine Option (NEO) on 11 January 2011. This is one of the largest orders of its kind in commercial aviation history. IndiGo is also one of the launch customers of the brand new Airbus A320neo family. The cost of the order is expected to have exceeded US$15 billion.[24][25] Retirement

An IndiGo A320 taxiing to the gate after landing at the Dubai International Airport

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To keep the average fleet age low, IndiGo usually phases out aircraft older than 6 years. Of the 79 aircraft IndiGo has taken, it has already phased out 14. IndiGo has sold its older aircraft to AnadoluJet, Atlasjet, Cyprus Turkish Airlines, Etihad Airways, Myanmar Airways International, Scandinavian Airlines, and Turkish Airlines.[26]

Livery
IndiGo's livery is mostly painted in indigo and white colours. The bottoms of the aircraft are painted in indigo, followed by sky blue stripes below the wings. The upper portion is given a white background along with the airline's name written in indigo. A dot-line structure of an aircraft is painted near the noses of IndiGo's aircraft. IndiGo's official website goindiGo.in is written on the engines, which have an indigo background. Finally, the tail is mostly indigo again, with the carrier's name written at the top in indigo, a sky blue stripe in the middle, on a white background. On the belly of the aircraft are 20 spots depicted as a plane representing the airline's logo.

Services
Being a low-cost carrier, none of IndiGo's flights have Business class or First class sections. It offers only Economy class seating. To keep fares low, IndiGo does not provide complimentary meals in any of its flights, though it does have a buy-on board in-flight meal programme.[27] No in-flight entertainment is available, but the airline provides an in-flight catalogue Hello 6E which gives information about various duty-free products which can be bought on board. IndiGo offers premium services, where the passengers, at a higher fare, can avail additional benefits like a preassigned seat and meals on board.[28] It also offers a service called IndiGo Corporate Programme for corporate travellers.[29]

Accidents and incidents

On 11 January 2011, Flight 333, piloted by Captain Parminder Kaur Gulati, landed nose-first at Goa International Airport, damaging the landing gear and putting the aircraft at risk of disintegration. Prior to the landing, the captain had caused the aircraft to descend too steeply, against the recommendations of aircraft manufacturer Airbus.[30] It was later discovered that the captain used forged papers to obtain an air transport pilot license (ATPL), after failing the test as many as 7 times. She had also flown the return flight back to New Delhi when the aircraft's systems indicated a problem with the landing gear, which sparked the investigations.[31]

Awards and achievements

IndiGo has won the following awards: Best LCC by the Airline Passengers Association of India (2007).[32] Best LCC at the Galileo Express Travel Awards (2008).[32] CNBC Awaaz's Travel Award for best low cost airline(2009).[32] Skytrax Awards Best low cost carrier (2010, 11, 12).[33]

References
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External links
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