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PostPosted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Relations between Turkey and India were never good, but not very bad either. But with the recent criticism of Turkey on India's Kashmir, I think it would be wise for Indigo to forget about the code shares on TK for a while, and my opinion is that GoI should force Indigo to end its relationship with TK until Turkey is neutral on Kashmir issue.
Perhaps yes. India has already created quite a dent without any official statement on the two countries which went against India on the Kashmir issue. For Malaysia, a simple rumour of increasing duties on the import of palm from Malaysia did the trick. The traders turned to a keep Indonesia, who have responded well. While India did not make any official statement on this, Mahathir Mohammad released a few statements. Turkey was denied access to some extremely high-value lucrative defence contracts. As for aviation, TK still code-shares with AI, and gives AI some good revenue, for instance on the AI 127/6 HYD-DEL-ORD flight. Indigo is still getting good business from TK. It is true that TK gets more feed to IST, as you correctly point out.

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With Qatar the situation is different, in general Qatari government has refrained from criticizing India on the Kashmir issue, plus there are lots of Indians who work in Qatar. This code share should be expanded to benefit Indigo.
QR is a bit cautious on the one-way code-shares, but Indigo is getting quite a good deal here, anyway. Indigo possibly wants this as a start to a good relationship, to get code-shares and traffic beyond Qatar.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 7:54 am    Post subject: Re: VT-INR Return Reply with quote

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increase in delivery rate of A320neo / A321neo, crew shortage...

I'm just curious, wouldn't these be pretty contradictory reasons?
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 5:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indigo has added a new A320NEO to the fleet today, as VT-IJL.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sumantra wrote:
iah87 wrote:
Relations between Turkey and India were never good, but not very bad either. But with the recent criticism of Turkey on India's Kashmir, I think it would be wise for Indigo to forget about the code shares on TK for a while, and my opinion is that GoI should force Indigo to end its relationship with TK until Turkey is neutral on Kashmir issue.
Perhaps yes. India has already created quite a dent without any official statement on the two countries which went against India on the Kashmir issue. For Malaysia, a simple rumour of increasing duties on the import of palm from Malaysia did the trick. The traders turned to a keep Indonesia, who have responded well. While India did not make any official statement on this, Mahathir Mohammad released a few statements. Turkey was denied access to some extremely high-value lucrative defence contracts.


Curious to hear this source of this "information".
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 3:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Curious to hear this source of this "information".
All this has been in the mainstream news, Balagopal.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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justbala wrote:
Curious to hear this source of this "information".
All this has been in the mainstream news, Balagopal.
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Cudnt find any news on this "dent". Please share the mainstream link.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

justbala wrote:
sumantra wrote:
justbala wrote:
Curious to hear this source of this "information".
All this has been in the mainstream news, Balagopal.
Cheers, Sumantra.


Cudnt find any news on this "dent". Please share the mainstream link.


I would say "news" from propagandist TV channels that would like to project all kind of mythomania and hollow claims as truth in front of a hapless society, even at the age of internet that has made the world such as small, connected place.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Cudnt find any news on this "dent". Please share the mainstream link.
Balagopal: these are two I could find, quickly. I seem to recount reading more on this in the past.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/in-retaliation-for-jammu-and-kashmir-stand-traders-shun-palm-oil-from-malaysia/articleshow/71730356.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-turns-up-heat-on-malaysia-turkey/articleshow/71669384.cms
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sumantra wrote:
justbala wrote:
Cudnt find any news on this "dent". Please share the mainstream link.
Balagopal: these are two I could find, quickly. I seem to recount reading more on this in the past.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/in-retaliation-for-jammu-and-kashmir-stand-traders-shun-palm-oil-from-malaysia/articleshow/71730356.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-turns-up-heat-on-malaysia-turkey/articleshow/71669384.cms
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Just shows pettiness on India's side..where is this "dent" that you talk about?! Has Turkish or Malaysian economy collapsed because of these "actions" that you speak of?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

justbala wrote:
sumantra wrote:
justbala wrote:
Cudnt find any news on this "dent". Please share the mainstream link.
Balagopal: these are two I could find, quickly. I seem to recount reading more on this in the past.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/in-retaliation-for-jammu-and-kashmir-stand-traders-shun-palm-oil-from-malaysia/articleshow/71730356.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-turns-up-heat-on-malaysia-turkey/articleshow/71669384.cms
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Just shows pettiness on India's side..where is this "dent" that you talk about?! Has Turkish or Malaysian economy collapsed because of these "actions" that you speak of?


Malaysian PM gave discounts to Indian buyers and Malaysia was anxious enough to avoid further talk of Indian boycott. Indian economy is now much larger than before and trade restrictions from India does have an effect. India Turkey trade is not much, but India can easily restrict it further, and Turkey's economy is not that good either.

India's position on Kashmir is absolute, almost every country retaliates if their core positions/beliefs are criticized and India is no exception.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iah87 wrote:
justbala wrote:
sumantra wrote:
justbala wrote:
Cudnt find any news on this "dent". Please share the mainstream link.
Balagopal: these are two I could find, quickly. I seem to recount reading more on this in the past.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/in-retaliation-for-jammu-and-kashmir-stand-traders-shun-palm-oil-from-malaysia/articleshow/71730356.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-turns-up-heat-on-malaysia-turkey/articleshow/71669384.cms
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Just shows pettiness on India's side..where is this "dent" that you talk about?! Has Turkish or Malaysian economy collapsed because of these "actions" that you speak of?


Malaysian PM gave discounts to Indian buyers and Malaysia was anxious enough to avoid further talk of Indian boycott. Indian economy is now much larger than before and trade restrictions from India does have an effect. India Turkey trade is not much, but India can easily restrict it further, and Turkey's economy is not that good either.

India's position on Kashmir is absolute, almost every country retaliates if their core positions/beliefs are criticized and India is no exception.


Putting an entire population under virtual arrest and denying them basic human rights for 4 months and counting is a "core belief"?!

Mods - this could be moved to Non-Av.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Just shows pettiness on India's side..where is this "dent" that you talk about?! Has Turkish or Malaysian economy collapsed because of these "actions" that you speak of?
A `dent' is a small setback, but a collapse or a crash is something drastic. That dent has happened, but not the collapse or crash that you refer to.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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justbala wrote:
Just shows pettiness on India's side..where is this "dent" that you talk about?! Has Turkish or Malaysian economy collapsed because of these "actions" that you speak of?
A `dent' is a small setback, but a collapse or a crash is something drastic. That dent has happened, but not the collapse or crash that you refer to.
Cheers, Sumantra.


As Indian media would like you to be deluded into believing.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Guys, could we please .......
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 18, 2019 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indigo has added a new A320NEO to the fleet today, as VT-IJR; and a new A321NEO, as VT-IUL.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 19, 2019 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indigo has added two new A321NEOs to the fleet today, as VT-IUF & VT-IUJ.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indigo has added a new A320NEO to the fleet today, as VT-IJU.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indigo has added a new A320NEO to the fleet today, as VT-IJV.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 9:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indigo has added two new ATR72-600s to the fleet today, as VT-IYU & VT-IYX.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

IndiGo 1Q20 Middle East network addition

IndiGo in the first quarter of 2020 is expanding service to the Middle East, including service resumption. Planned operation as follows.

Kochi – Muscat
eff 15FEB20 1 daily A320, service resumption since March 2019
6E1846 COK2305 – 0125+1MCT 320 D
6E1847 MCT0225 – 0730COK 320 D

Kolkata – Doha
eff 01MAR20 1 daily A320
6E1775 CCU0905 – 1225DOH 320 D
6E1776 DOH1325 – 2035CCU 320 D

Kolkata – Dubai
eff 16FEB20 1 daily A320
6E1331 CCU0750 – 1145DXB 320 D
6E1332 DXB1300 – 1840CCU 320 D

Service operates as 6E027/028 from 29MAR20.


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On time issues with Indigo (and also Spice Jet) using buses for boarding and deboarding.

Recently went on Indigo to Trivandrum and to Hyderabad. In both cases the plane landed 5 to 10 minutes late. However it took another 30 minutes for us deboard and reach the terminal since Indigo (and Spice Jet and other airlines) use buses instead of jet bridges. Indigo announced it as on time arrival (less than 15 minutes late).

However whenever they count on time arrivals, they count it when the first passenger gets off the plane to board on the bus. This is unfair for those airlines who use jet bridges, where the passenger reaches the terminal sooner than those who use buses.

DGCA should look into this.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

IndiGo expands Saudi Arabia service in 1Q20

IndiGo in the first quarter of 2020 is expanding service to Saudi Arabia, including 3 routes to Dammam, a new destination in its network.

All schedules listed below is effective 29MAR20 for summer season.

Hyderabad – Dammam
eff 15FEB20 1 daily
6E1225 HYD0030 – 0250DMM 320 D
6E1226 DMM0350 – 1020HYD 320 D

Kozhikode – Jeddah
eff 29MAR20 1 daily
6E1842 CCJ0855 – 1220JED 320 D
6E1843 JED1320 – 2135CCJ 320 D

Mumbai – Dammam
eff 07MAR20 1 daily
6E1837 BOM1925 – 2050DMM 320 D
6E1838 DMM2150 – 0410+1BOM 320 D

Thiruvananthapuram – Dammam
eff 07MAR20 1 daily
6E1356 TRV0920 – 1140DMM 320 D
6E1357 DMM0055 – 0820TRV 320 D


Source: Airlineroute.net
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

IndiGo adds Mumbai – Chengdu service from mid-March 2020

IndiGo from mid-March 2020 is expanding service to Chengdu, as the airline introduces Mumbai – Chengdu route.
From 15MAR20, Airbus A320 aircraft operates this route on daily basis.

6E1027 BOM1925 – 0320+1CTU 320 D
6E1028 CTU0420 – 0755BOM 320 D

Separately, the airline’s 1 daily Delhi – Chengdu service will see new flight numbers from 29MAR20, operating as 6E1035/1036 instead of 6E7303/7304.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

IndiGo adds A321neo Dhaka service in 1Q20

IndiGo earlier this month expanded capacity on Delhi – Dhaka route, as Airbus A321neo aircraft begins serving this route.
The A321neo is scheduled from 16JAN20 to 28MAR20 for the moment.

6E1861 DEL1210 – 1455DAC 321 D
6E1862 DAC1555 – 1830DEL 321 D


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IndiGo adds Delhi – Bangkok service from late-March 2020

IndiGo in summer 2020 season plans to offer new route to Thailand, with the new Delhi – Bangkok service.
From 29MAR20, Airbus A320 aircraft to operate this route on daily basis.

6E085 DEL1055 – 1640BKK 320 D
6E086 BKK1740 – 2030DEL 320 D


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IndiGo further expands Dammam service in March 2020

IndiGo in March 2020 further expands service to Dammam, as the airline introduces additional 2 routes, previously not covered on Airlineroute.
Planned additional new routes as follow.

Ahmedabad – Dammam
eff 10MAR20 1 daily A320 (Schedule below from 28MAR20)
6E1224 AMD2235 – 2350DMM 320 D
6E1223 DMM0035 – 0635AMD 320 D

Kozhikode – Dammam
eff 10MAR20 1 daily A320 (Schedule below eff 29MAR20)
6E1218 CCJ2130 – 2320DMM 320 D
6E1217 DMM1240 – 1935CCJ 320 D


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

IndiGo 1Q20 China service adjustment as of 29JAN20

Indian carriers in the last 24 hours filed service changes for China. As of 29JAN20, planned changes as follows.

IndiGo

Delhi – Chengdu
01FEB20 – 28MAR20 1 daily service cancelled

Mumbai – Chengdu
Planned service launch on 15MAR20 temporary on hold


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https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/86153-indias-indigo-to-phase-out-second-hand-a320s-by-ye22

IndiGo to phase-out second-hand A320s by YE22

11.02.2020

IndiGo Airlines plans to retire all 42 of its second-hand A320-200s in 2022, Chief Financial Officer of parent InterGlobe Aviation Aditya Pande said during the quarterly earnings call.

"By December 2022, we expect all of them to go away. We will start returning these aircraft starting 2021, so you will see the proportion of the A320ceo that are leased and used going down in our fleet. And as we get to December 2022, we have all these aircraft returned by that time," he said.

He clarified that the plan only concerned aircraft added as used equipment by IndiGo Airlines, not the A320-200s the Indian LCC took directly from Airbus.

According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, IndiGo Airlines currently operates 123 A320-200s. The entire subfleet is 9.8 years old on average. However, the 42 second-hand jets waiver above this average with the oldest being almost 18 years old. The aircraft were previously operated by a range of airlines around the world, including Aegean Airlines (one aircraft), Air Berlin (three), Air Via (one), Alitalia (one), American Airlines (two), Avion Express (two), Cyprus Airways (1947) (one), Freebird Airlines (one), GoAir (two), Jetstar Pacific (one), LATAM Airlines (two), LATAM Airlines Brasil (one), Qatar Airways (four), Rossiya (one), Royal Brunei Airlines (four), Scoot (three), Spring Airlines (one), SriLankan Airlines (one), Tigerair Australia (one), Tigerair Philippines (one), TransAsia Airways (one), Turkish Airlines (two), VietJetAir (one), VivaAerobus (two), Volaris (one), and Vueling Airlines (one).

The oldest of the eighty-one A320-200s directly from Airbus is almost 12 years of age.

The Indian LCC also operates ninety-six A320-200neo and ten A321-200neo, as well as twenty-five ATR72-600s.

Chief Executive Ronojoy Dutta pointed out that the carrier's fleet of A320neo Family aircraft gives it the flexibility to serve markets as distant as Denpasar, Barcelona El Prat, or Seoul Incheon.

"Wide-body is a project that is ongoing. We keep studying it with different perspectives. No decision has been made," he said.

He elaborated that through using narrowbodies of the newest generation, the airline can serve medium-haul markets with higher frequency.

"You don't need a widebody to go to the Middle East. We have enough A321neo to serve the Middle East quite properly. And please also remember, traffic tends to fragment by frequency, not by seats. So would I rather have two frequencies or one large wide-body? I think I will get more market share by going with frequency," Dutta said.

The airline has a further 236 A320neo and 388 A321neo on firm order from Airbus and is, by far, the world's largest A320neo Family customer.

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Indigo has added two new A321NEOs to the fleet, as VT-IUK & VT-IUM.
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https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/86588-indias-indigo-puts-long-haul-on-hold-pending-a321neoxlrs

20.02.2020

IndiGo puts long-haul on hold pending A321neo(XLR)s

IndiGo has abandoned plans to add widebody aircraft and will defer the launch of flights to Europe until it takes its first A321-200neo(XLR) narrowbodies starting in 2023, The Economic Times has reported.

"There is no precedent of low-cost carriers operating international flights on twin-aisle aircraft [or they] have not been successful even if they have. This is primarily because fundamentals for low-cost carriers do not work on a dual-aisle aircraft. Hence, we will be launching flights to Europe and others only on an A321neo(XLR)," an unnamed official at the LCC said.

IndiGo Airlines previously considered adding A330s to launch flights to destinations beyond the range of the A320-200neo and A321neo.

However, despite the change of plan regarding the type of aircraft used for long-haul services, IndiGo Airlines still intends to equip "around twenty" A321neo(XLR)s with a two-class configuration for these services. Currently, all 254 aircraft operated by the carrier are outfitted in a single-class all-economy layout, the ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows.

The official underlined that while the A321neo(XLR) would have the range to operate from India to London and Tokyo, there were other interesting markets which have thus far attracted less attention.

"While everyone seems to be focused on Europe and London, we see a lot of market in Africa, China, and other parts of the world too. We will soon be announcing flights to Moscow," the source said.

IndiGo Airlines will also look at launching long-haul flights from secondary cities in India rather than from major gateways.

The airline is the world's largest customer for the A320neo Family. It already operates ninety-six A320neo and ten A321neo, and has a further 236 A320neo and 388 A321neo (including the extra-long-range variant) on firm order from Airbus.

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IndiGo S20 International Expansion as of 24FEB20

IndiGo in summer 2020 season continues to expand International network, including revised service launch for Chengdu in Mainland China. Latest service launch as follows.

Bangalore – Doha eff 15MAR20 1 daily A320
6E1724 BLR0320 – 0500DOH 320 D
6E1723 DOH2005 – 0240+1BLR 320 D

Bangalore – Jeddah eff 29MAR20 1 daily A320
6E1844 BLR1920 – 2250JED 320 D
6E1845 JED1620 – 0050+1BLR 320 D

Delhi – Dammam eff 10MAR20 1 daily A320 (Following schedule from 29MAR20)
6E1224 DEL2140 – 2350DMM 320 D
6E1223 DMM0035 – 0720DEL 320 D

Hyderabad – Singapore eff 15APR20 1 daily A320
6E1213 HYD1950 – 0315+1SIN 320 D
6E1218 SIN0415 – 0635HYD 320 D

Kozhikode – Riyadh eff 20MAR20 1 daily A320 (Following schedule from 31MAR20)
6E1025 CCJ0410 – 0650RUH 320 D
6E1026 RUH0750 – 1530CCJ 320 D

Mumbai – Chengdu eff 15JUN20 1 daily A320 (Previously scheduled from 15MAR20)
6E1027 BOM1925 – 0320+1CTU 320 D
6E1028 CTU0420 – 0755BOM 320 D

Mumbai – Kathmandu eff 25JUN20 1 daily A320
6E1301 BOM1020 – 1315KTM 320 D
6E1302 KTM1415 – 1650BOM 320 D

Planned service has been cancelled, as reservation is not available
Ahmedabad – Dammam eff 10MAR20 1 daily A320
Kolkata – Doha eff 01MAR20 1 daily A320


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This is the bread and butter for Indian carriers - service to/from Middle East and Vistara is missing out and Indigo is going in full strength. Vistara needs this traffic if it hopes to get big. Even Spice Jet has been slow to expand. AI is hobbled due to revenue constraints.

Surprised that Indigo cancelled CCU-Doha, before even starting.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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This is the bread and butter for Indian carriers - service to/from Middle East and Vistara is missing out and Indigo is going in full strength. Vistara needs this traffic if it hopes to get big. Even Spice Jet has been slow to expand. AI is hobbled due to revenue constraints.

Surprised that Indigo cancelled CCU-Doha, before even starting.


AI can become a bigger player in the India-Gulf sector but they are more focused on loss-making routes to the Briminghams, Viennas, Madrids, Tel Avivs and Milans of the world.

How about AIX? Surprising that they aren't doing better than they are, given that they were created solely to connect South India to the Gulf.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AIX was setup in a way that at least in the initial years, what could have been their profits were plowed back into the parent, so once they hit the 18 or 20 aircraft threshold, the growth was stunted until recently.

For their size, and being a government enterprise, they are doing good, I guess. Profitable.

The way the AI merger happened also put kibosh on ICs Guif/ASEAN plans.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 8:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indigo has added a new A320NEO to the fleet today, as VT-IJG.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The_Goat wrote:
iah87 wrote:
This is the bread and butter for Indian carriers - service to/from Middle East and Vistara is missing out and Indigo is going in full strength. Vistara needs this traffic if it hopes to get big. Even Spice Jet has been slow to expand. AI is hobbled due to revenue constraints.

Surprised that Indigo cancelled CCU-Doha, before even starting.


AI can become a bigger player in the India-Gulf sector but they are more focused on loss-making routes to the Briminghams, Viennas, Madrids, Tel Avivs and Milans of the world.

How about AIX? Surprising that they aren't doing better than they are, given that they were created solely to connect South India to the Gulf.


I don't disagree about the gulf but I feel like private carriers also are there and deserve some of those routes. So I think the Gulf is covered and divided up. Ai flying to those other destinations brings in tourists and helps better connect DEL and India to the world. I am fine with that. It is a GOI enterprise, profit can be calculated in different ways. The GOI bringing in tourists and business travelers is also a good thing.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indigo has added three new A320NEOs to the fleet, as VT-IJW, VT-IJX & VT-IJY.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indigo has added a new A321NEO to the fleet today, as VT-IUN.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Indigo has added a new A321NEO to the fleet today, as VT-IUV.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Travel is affected and will be affected for the next few months and may be affected even in long term. Should'nt Indigo pause and stop ordering new aircraft, except as a replacement.

If the airline suffers severe losses later, it will ask for a taxpayer bailout or banks may have to accept a loss (same as a taxpayer bailout). May be GOI should caution all airlines to conserve cash and be more conservative in adding new flights especially to cities already served by other Indian carriers.
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