“Patna To Paris, Surat To Seoul,” Says IndiGo CEO Following Airline’s Purchase of 30 Long-Range Airbus
New Delhi: IndiGo’s CEO Pieter Elbers has provided an explanation of how Rahul Bhatia, Group Managing Director of InterGlobe, the airline’s parent company, intends to see the airline’s network expanding over the next several years, after the airline’s order for thirty wide body Airbus A350s was made a day earlier.
Amsterdam to Ahmedabad. Seoul to Surat. Pieter Elbers was reported by The Times of India as saying, “Patna to Paris.”
As to the article, the CEO of the airline sent an email to the staff on Friday, indicating that the new wide body aircraft would really represent a significant advancement towards our goal of being a worldwide participant in aviation. We may expand on our Indian hubs and establish continuous connections between our Indian strongholds in the metropolises and locations around the world. But also strengthening ties throughout the country and advancing India’s status as a major aviation center.
This comes after IndiGo, the biggest and least expensive airline in India, placed an order for 30 Airbus A350-900 aircraft to increase its fleet size beyond short-haul flights. Apart from the first order, IndiGo also has the option to buy a further 70 aircraft, with delivery scheduled to start in 2027.
“Indian time, and IndiGo time, is now! Our worldwide network has grown considerably in the recent past. The media source cited him as adding, “The (Airbus A321) XLR aircraft will further expand today’s range to parts of Europe and Asia.”
Due to the Airbus A350-900 aircraft’s 16–17 hour flight duration, IndiGo now has the opportunity to operate on North American routes and compete in the global aviation market. Following its stellar 2023 performance, in which it flew 100 million passengers, IndiGo has made this statement. This deal would propel IndiGo’s development and expansion as one of the airlines with the quickest rate of growth in the globe.
As of right now, Air India is the only Indian airline using A350 planes. Of the domestic carriers, SpiceJet has leased a few wide-body aircraft, while Air India and Vistara also have wide-body aircraft in their fleets. With their purchase of 500 Airbus aircraft, IndiGo placed the biggest single aircraft order ever made by any airline in June 2023.
IndiGo said that it will link several Indian metropolises to the rest of the globe using A350 aircraft. “The mission capability of this aircraft (A350) coupled with the efficiency of the Trent XWB engine will offer IndiGo unprecedented optionality as it embarks on the next stage of its wonderful journey of addressing the rapidly evolving needs of the Indian customer and our nation,” according to a press release.
