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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:41 am Post subject: IndiGo News -- Part 4 |
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http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/indigo-says-not-in-talks-with-qatar-airways-for-stake-sale-115021201725_1.html
IndiGo says not in talks with Qatar Airways for stake sale
February 12, 2015
IndiGo today said it was not in "talks" with any airline including Qatar Airways for a stake sale, a month after the gulf carrier's chief executive Akbar Al Baker expressed his desire to invest in the Indian company.
"Indigo is not even in talks with Qatar...The question does not arise. Its kind of them (Qatar) to say that...
"Its a decision not happening at my level.. We're not in talks with anyone," IndiGo President Aditya Ghosh told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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Currently INDIGO need not feel the need to sell stake....where did this come about. _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! |
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:29 am Post subject: |
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http://traveltrendstoday.in/news/2015/02/16/indigo-launches-8-new-flights-across-north-west-india
IndiGo launches 8 new flights across North & West India
Feb 16, 2015
In a bid to further expand its network, IndiGo has recently announced the introduction of new flights connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur and Srinagar. Effective February 17, the airline will launch its new daily flights on multiple routes.
Commenting on the launch of the new flights, Aditya Ghosh, President IndiGo said, “It gives me great pleasure in introducing these new flights connecting Mumbai, Srinagar, Delhi and Jaipur. We will continue to expand our network to meet the requirements of our business and leisure travelers wherever they demand it. We are certain these additional flights will prove immensely expedient to our existing and prospective passengers.”
The new schedule sees the introduction of the low-cost carrier’s 16th daily non-stop flight between Delhi and Mumbai, second daily non-stop flight between Delhi and Jaipur, and third daily non-stop flight between Mumbai and Jaipur. Additionally, the airline will now also connect Mumbai to Srinagar, with the launch of its first daily non-stop flight and second daily non-stop flight from Srinagar to Mumbai. _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India.
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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6E launches 2 new aircraft rotations - one each from 10th March and 17th March.
the first one from 10th March is
DEL AMD BOM IXJ SXR BOM AMD DEL
With this, DEL AMD goes to 6 daily
BOM AMD goes to 7 daily
BOM IXJ SXR was running 3 per week and goes daily now
BOM PAT which was running 3 per week goes daily now
BOM SXR goes to 2 daily (one direct, one via IXJ)
on 17th March, new rotation goes as
DEL LKO PAT CCU GOI CCU PAT LKO DEL
With this, DEL LKO goes to 6 daily
DEL PAT goes to 5 daily (3 daily direct, 1 daily via LKO, 1 daily via IXR)
CCU PAT goes to 2 daily (both continue to LKO)
CCU GOI is first direct connection between the 2 airports.
Its impressive to see how GOI is now connected by 6E to practically every large city - either direct or 1 stop - AMD, BLR, MAA, HYD, CCU, GAU, DEL, BOM, PAT |
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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/as-competition-grows-indigo-jet-airways-spruce-customer-offerings-115030300934_1.html
As competition grows IndiGo, Jet Airways spruce customer offerings
March 3, 2015
On Tuesday IndiGo launched its revamped website with new functions and features, to make the customer interaction smoother and hassle-free. The changes in website design will also enable the airline to increase web bookings and reduce productivity bonuses.
The new look website allows passengers option to book multi leg journeys and offers lowest fare details on home page, seven day fare display, monthly fare calendar, IndiGo said. _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India.
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sumantra Member
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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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wrote: | The new look website allows passengers option to book multi leg journeys | Interesting...and we thought that AI, which has had that `feature' for ages, was a bane, especially for indirect routings. And if 6E got this feedback from the AI call centre (managed by Interglobe in those days) why didn't they implement it earlier?
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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HAWK21M wrote: | Currently INDIGO need not feel the need to sell stake....where did this come about. |
Qatar Airways: 'If we have the opportunity to acquire a stake in IndiGo we shall be very pleased to'
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5-Mar-2015 10:41 AM
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said it may invest in another well-run airline at some point (Live Mint/Reuters, 04-Mar-2015). He explained: “We will look at other acquisitions of airlines but we look at airlines that don’t take the resources of Qatar, or attention of Qatar management, to fix issues. We will always go after goldsmiths, not scrap dealers.” On potential investment in the Indian domestic market, Mr Al Baker said: “I think domestic airlines in India are inefficiently run. The only one efficiently run is IndiGo. If we have the opportunity to acquire a stake in IndiGo we shall be very pleased to do so". |
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 3:45 am Post subject: |
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http://www.business-standard.com/article/reuters/india-s-interglobe-aviation-operator-of-indigo-files-for-ipo-115063000980_1.html
India's InterGlobe Aviation, operator of IndiGo, files for IPO
June 30, 2015
India's InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, which operates the country's biggest airline IndiGo, on Tuesday filed a draft prospectus for an initial public offering to list on the domestic stock market.
InterGlobe Aviation said in a statement the initial public offering would include fresh equity of up to 12.7 billion rupees ($199.64 million) and the sale of up to 30.15 million shares by some of its shareholders.
Banking sources told Reuters earlier on Tuesday the listing is expected to raise around $400 million in total.
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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sri_bom wrote: | HAWK21M wrote: | Currently INDIGO need not feel the need to sell stake....where did this come about. |
Qatar Airways: 'If we have the opportunity to acquire a stake in IndiGo we shall be very pleased to'
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5-Mar-2015 10:41 AM
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said it may invest in another well-run airline at some point (Live Mint/Reuters, 04-Mar-2015). He explained: “We will look at other acquisitions of airlines but we look at airlines that don’t take the resources of Qatar, or attention of Qatar management, to fix issues. We will always go after goldsmiths, not scrap dealers.” On potential investment in the Indian domestic market, Mr Al Baker said: “I think domestic airlines in India are inefficiently run. The only one efficiently run is IndiGo. If we have the opportunity to acquire a stake in IndiGo we shall be very pleased to do so". |
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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IndiGo: 11% of pilots are women
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7-Jul-2015 11:58 AM
IndiGo via its official Facebook account stated (06-Jul-2014) 11% of its pilots are women. This equates to 168 of the carrier’s 1448 pilots. |
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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IndiGo Adds New Frequencies from Delhi from July 2015
Indian carrier IndiGo on 10JUL15 has launched new frequency on selected service from Delhi, including 5th daily nonstop service to Goa, and 3rd daily to Raipur. Planned operational schedule for the new flight as follow.
Delhi – Goa
6E341 DEL1820 – 2055GOI 320 D
6E368 GOI2130 – 0005+1DEL 320 D
Delhi – Raipur
6E201 DEL1155 – 1340RPR 320 D
6E204 RPR1410 – 1605DEL 320 D
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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Only Airlines operating to International & domestic sectors should move to T2, the rest should stay at the existing domestic terminal...also the bay availability situation at the International Apron will mean a long drive to board. _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! |
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-qatar-airways-confirms-talks-with-indigo-airlines-for-a-stake-buy-2108901
Qatar Airways confirms talks with IndiGo Airlines for a stake-buy
28 July 2015
Qatar Airways has confirmed that the company is in talks with domestic carrier IndiGo for a stake sale.
The Airline, in a statement, said, "Qatar Airways confirms that the only airline it is talking to is the Indian carrier Indigo."
IndiGo, till recently, has denied any talks with the Doha-based airline. _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India.
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:13 am Post subject: |
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http://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/india-s-indigo-puts-end-to-qatar-airways-flirtations-1.1558379
India's IndiGo puts end to Qatar Airways flirtations
July 29, 2015
Qatar Airways prolonged courting of India’s biggest and most successful airline, IndiGo, all but came to an halt on Wednesday with the Indian carrier denying it is talks to sell a stake to the Doha-based airline.
Qatar Airways has being publicly flirting with IndiGo for some time with its Chief Executive Officer, Akbar Al Baker, often telling reporters, most recently in May, he is interested in buying as much as 49 per cent of the Indian low cost airline.
But IndiGo appeared to put an end to the flirtations on Wednesday releasing a statement that said it is not in talks to sell a stake to Qatar Airways.
“News reports about any possibility of Qatar Airways acquiring a stake in IndiGo are completely baseless. We wish to confirm that there is no discussion, leave alone negotiation about any potential equity or other finance investment by Qatar Airways in IndiGo,” the Indian airline said in an emailed statement.
The comments came a day after Qatar Airways released its own statement denying media reports that it was in talks to buy a commercial stake in another Indian airline, Gurgaon-based SpiceJet.
“Qatar Airways confirms that the only airline it is interested in is the Indian carrier Indigo,” the airline said in statement on its website on Tuesday.
However, Reuters reported a slightly different version of the quote, writing that the “only airline” Qatar Airways is “talking to is the Indian carrier IndiGo”
Qatar Airways declined to comment on Wednesday on IndiGo's statement telling Gulf News the airline had nothing to add beyond Tuesday’s statement. Al Baker has in past highlighted his admiration of IndiGo telling audiences that he is only interested in successful like Qatar Airways, seemingly including IndiGo in this category.
A possible stake purchase in any Indian carrier would give Qatar Airways an added boost in the highly profitable Indian market. It would also give the Doha-based airline an added edge in the fierce Gulf-Indian market against regional competitors Emirates, which first sealed deals to fly to India eight years before Qatar Airways launched, and younger Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, which took an equity stake in India’s Jet Airways in 2013.
"The reality is that Qatar [Airways] sees IndiGo as the best managed and most financially successful of the Indian low cost carriers. If an opportunity did come up to invest, they have laid down a marker to indicate that they would be willing to do so," John Strickland, Director of UK-based aviation advisory JLS Consulting, told Gulf News by email.
But Qatar Airways’ attempts to woo IndiGo appear to have been somewhat fruitful. The Indian airline did include in Wednesday's statement that it is in “preliminary discussions with Qatar Airways to explore potential marketing arrangements based on mutual interests.” No further details of the talks were stated.
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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indiGo launches more flights from 01SEP
2nd daily nonstop VNS-BOM (also extending to GOI, making BOM-GOI 6 daily)
6E711 VNS1020 - 1240BOM1335 - 1455GOI 320 D
6E712 GOI1505 -1620BOM1655 - 1910VNS 320 D
Also launching CCU-VNS (arrives inbound from BLR, making BLR-CCU 7 daily and introducing 2nd daily BLR-VNS (one daily via DEL)
6E713 BLR0530 - 0800CCU0830 - 0950VNS 320 D
6E716 VNS1940 - 2100CCU2130 - 2350BLR 320 D
Rotation of this aircraft is BLR-CCU-VNS-BOM-GOI and v.v _________________ <a><img></a> |
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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abhijith16 wrote: | indiGo launches more flights from 01SEP
2nd daily nonstop VNS-BOM (also extending to GOI, making BOM-GOI 6 daily)
6E711 VNS1020 - 1240BOM1335 - 1455GOI 320 D
6E712 GOI1505 -1620BOM1655 - 1910VNS 320 D
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10 min turnaround at GOI! |
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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HAWK21M wrote: | sri_bom wrote: | HAWK21M wrote: | Currently INDIGO need not feel the need to sell stake....where did this come about. |
Qatar Airways: 'If we have the opportunity to acquire a stake in IndiGo we shall be very pleased to'
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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drpiru wrote: | abhijith16 wrote: | indiGo launches more flights from 01SEP
2nd daily nonstop VNS-BOM (also extending to GOI, making BOM-GOI 6 daily)
6E711 VNS1020 - 1240BOM1335 - 1455GOI 320 D
6E712 GOI1505 -1620BOM1655 - 1910VNS 320 D
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10 min turnaround at GOI! |
Would be another aircraft. _________________ Causal Determinism : We are hardwired to need answers. The Caveman who heard a rustle in the bushes and checked out to see what it was, lived longer than the guy, who assumed it was just a breeze.
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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I am amazed how Indigo keeps adding flights to metro sectors, when there are other airlines who have not and prefer to maintain status quo. Is there that much traffic on BLR-CCU or is Indigo hoping - they have a flight departing at 5:30 and then again an hour later. |
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indiGo adds 5th daily DEL-PNQ, 2nd daily AMD-PNQ, 8th daily DEL-LKO from 01SEP _________________ <a><img></a> |
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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iah87 wrote: | I am amazed how Indigo keeps adding flights to metro sectors, when there are other airlines who have not and prefer to maintain status quo. Is there that much traffic on BLR-CCU or is Indigo hoping - they have a flight departing at 5:30 and then again an hour later. |
Thing is for 6E CCU is that destination facilitating alot of 1 stop flights. Right from IXB PAT IXR VNS. Everything via CCU. Just like HYD gets a lions chunk of such flights.
That's why they're able ton push so much along to CCU. _________________ Causal Determinism : We are hardwired to need answers. The Caveman who heard a rustle in the bushes and checked out to see what it was, lived longer than the guy, who assumed it was just a breeze.
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:34 am Post subject: |
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abhijith16 wrote: | indiGo adds 5th daily DEL-PNQ, 2nd daily AMD-PNQ, 8th daily DEL-LKO from 01SEP |
This will be first night parking at LKO. Looks like it will translate into a long term base with may be 2-3 aircraft which could do BOM/DEL/BLR/HYD in the morning _________________ www.networkthoughts.com |
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 2:34 am Post subject: |
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Indigo has announced fare from Vadodara and Hyderabad to Mumbai at Rs. 945, which is the lowest I have seen, lower than many bus fare and 3 tier AC fares. I don't know how any airline in India makes money, and more new airlines keep starting and more flights are being introduced. And they have fares to many city pairs less than Rs.2000.
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:52 am Post subject: |
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iah87 wrote: | Indigo has announced fare from Vadodara and Hyderabad to Mumbai at Rs. 945, which is the lowest I have seen, lower than many bus fare and 3 tier AC fares. I don't know how any airline in India makes money, and more new airlines keep starting and more flights are being introduced. And they have fares to many city pairs less than Rs.2000.
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:10 am Post subject: Indigo Seat Fee |
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Tried to online checkin for parents 48hrs before STD. Indigo is charging to select any aisle/window seat (min 200 INR & more for premium seats). Only middle seat can be picked free of cost. Punishment for online checkin! Anybody experienced it recently? |
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:12 am Post subject: Re: Indigo Seat Fee |
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drpiru wrote: | Tried to online checkin for parents 48hrs before STD. Indigo is charging to select any aisle/window seat (min 200 INR & more for premium seats). Only middle seat can be picked free of cost. Punishment for online checkin! Anybody experienced it recently? |
Isn't that the standard modus operandi at 6E ? To the best of my knowledge, you can't get anything other than a middle seat for free, other than at the airport check in counter. _________________ 11000 posts (and counting) on Airliners-India.
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drpiru Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:14 am Post subject: |
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What about the 25% limit of premium seats norm by DGCA?.
So does that mean online checkin is not encouraged now? I suspect anybody will do online checkin (especially ones traveling with partner/family)-since no two seats adjacent seats can be selected free of cost. |
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sumantra Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:36 pm Post subject: Re: Indigo Seat Fee |
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drpiru wrote: | Tried to online checkin for parents 48hrs before STD. Indigo is charging to select any aisle/window seat (min 200 INR & more for premium seats). Only middle seat can be picked free of cost. Punishment for online checkin! Anybody experienced it recently? | I am surprised. I tried it for a 6E flight on 02 Sep, booked about a week back, when it allowed me to select a window seat (24F), and send me a boarding pass as well. 6E 202 NAG-DEL.
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drpiru Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Hi reported the same in their FB page. After few hours, the seats were released (except the premium seats)! |
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sumantra Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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drpiru wrote: | Hi reported the same in their FB page. After few hours, the seats were released (except the premium seats)! | Prompt of them to respond to social media complaints, to over-ride a possible bug in the system.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/IndiGo-Tata-Motors-locked-in-court-battle-over-trademark/articleshow/48602284.cms
IndiGo, Tata Motors locked in court battle over trademark
Aug 22, 2015
Even as the owner of India's biggest and most profitable carrier IndiGo readies to launch its initial public offering (IPO) on Dalal Street, the Gurgaon-based airline is embroiled in a trademark dispute over its name with Tata Motors, which sells its flagship sedans under the same brand.
The airline's parent Interglobe Aviation faces an ownership title risk as Tata Motors has claimed that the carrier's use of the IndiGo name is an infringement of its trademark. India's biggest automaker by revenue forayed into sedans under the Indigo brand in 2002 while Interglobe commenced operations in August 2006.
Tata Motors issued notices on the Indigo name infringement in 2005 but Interglobe subsequently registered the trademark. The matter is currently pending in the court with Tata Motors opposing Interglobe's four trade names — IndiGo, IndiGo Airways, IndiGo Airlines, and IndiGo Air.
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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 8:23 am Post subject: |
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IndiGo says cost of travel is declining but further work to bring down fares is required
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21-Aug-2015 12:04 PM
IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh stated the cost of travel is declining (Live Mint, 19-Aug-2015). He commented: "Ultimately, the cost of travel has to come down. We have to figure out ways to bring down air fares, airport charges and tax structure of jet fuel. We cannot find out solutions, keeping airports in isolation. In fact, India should look at efficient low-cost airports also. A passenger, who is catching a two-hour flight, does not need an art gallery, public space and a fancy shopping gallery at airports as he or she is keen to check-in fast and board the aircraft fast. Larger cities may need more airports. But all airports need not be fancy and glamourous." He also stated: "I think it is time to realign and redistribute the resources in order to reduce the pain of passengers. You need to allot more space to a particular airline that is handling more passengers and less space for airlines that are carrying less. And, in the meantime, we need to provide more amenities, such as more space to sit, more x-ray machines, increased number of security check-in counters and boarding gates. These may not be glamorous, but it can be consumer-friendly." |
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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indiGo adds 8th Daily Bengaluru - Hyderabad effective 15th September
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:34 am Post subject: |
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New Indigo menu items, post 10 Aug
pAruppu pAyasam and bisI beLe bAth, in the add-hot-water-and-wait-for-8-minutes. I tried the latter last night on 6E 202 NAG-DEL 02 Sep'15. A Kannadiga delicacy, made by a company in Chennai, and served on Indigo...Hmm...Passable. I washed this down with a cappuccino from...Nescafe. Need I say more? What happened to the CCD pre-mixes?
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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How IndiGo has benefited the most from 20% growth in Indian air traffic
When yesterday I wrote about IndiGo losing market share for three consecutive months (Fourth month of record load factors for Spicejet as passenger numbers continue to grow), there were questions which came at me on Why and How can this happen? Market share and load factors are just one of many parameters which denote success of an airline and the airline with best market share and highest load factors can also be loss making!
IndiGo, infact has had one of the best years so far as it carried 60.46 lakh passengers more previous year till August, which is a growth of 45% and has been the biggest beneficiary of the 20% YoY growth.[/url] _________________ www.networkthoughts.com |
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IndiGo's first A320 NEO
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/62-jet-air-india-pilots-join-indigo/916312
62 Jet, Air India Pilots Join IndiGo
Oct 11, 2015
As many as 62 pilots of Jet Airways and Air India have flown out of the two airlines in a little over one year to join other carriers, with a majority of them boarding the Rahul Bhatia-promoted IndiGo.
While private carrier Jet Airways has lost 30 pilots in 15 months to budget carrier IndiGo, state-owned Air India has seen the migration of 32 pilots in the past one year, industry sources said.
"Some 30 pilots including ATR commanders and Boeing 737 first officers have left Jet Airways in the past 15 months to take up employment with IndiGo for better pay packages and work environment," sources told PTI.
Most of these pilots have already joined IndiGo after serving the mandatory 6-month notice period, they said, adding the rest are expected to board the airline in the next one to two months.
When contacted, a Jet Airways spokesperson termed the resignation of the pilots as a part of normal attrition faced by organisations.
"This is part of the normal attrition faced by organisations across industries. In all cases of resignations, the relevant provisions of notice period are applicable," the spokesperson said.
Jet Airways employs sufficient number of type-rated crew to ensure optimal use of its fleet, he added. A type rating is a regulating agency's certification of an airplane pilot to fly a certain aircraft type that requires additional training beyond the scope of the initial license and aircraft class training.
Sources said the "flexible" service contracts offered by IndiGo is one of the reasons apart from the higher pay packets for the pilots quitting Jet Airways.
IndiGo offers seven different types of job contracts to its employees, providing greater flexibility, as against a single conventional contract by most of the domestic airliners, sources said.
Confirming the resignation by 32 of its pilots in the last one year, a senior Air India official said this has not affected the airline's operations in any way.
"Of course, 32 pilots have quit the airline in the last one year to join other carriers, including IndiGo and some Gulf airlines, but this has not impacted Air India operations. Requirement-based hiring of pilots is an on-going process," the official said.
Significantly, several domestic airlines in the past have voiced their concern on the poaching of skilled workforce, particularly of pilots, engineers and cabin crew by the competitors.
Acknowledging that the industry was facing the problem of poaching, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma had in March this year indicated putting in place some mechanism to check it.
The poaching of staff "results in crippling shortage of trained manpower for airlines...We can ask the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) to frame guidelines to address this matter," Sharma had said.
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IndiGo to Start Udaipur Operation from Nov 2015
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo from 01NOV15 introduces 2 new domestic service, connecting Udaipur with Delhi and Mumbai.
Airbus A320 aircraft is scheduled to operate both routes twice a day.
Planned schedule as follow.
Delhi – Udaipur
6E746 DEL0825 – 0945UDR 320 D
6E751 DEL1340 – 1445UDR 320 D
6E747 UDR1420 – 1535DEL 320 D
6E752 UDR1940 – 2040DEL 320 D
Mumbai – Udaipur
6E749 BOM1225 – 1350UDR 320 D
6E764 BOM1720 – 1850UDR 320 D
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