New Delhi: IndiGo has partnered with Turkish airlines to expand its reach to Europe, and has also ordered nearly 500 aircraft as part of its mega expansion plan, ANI reported quoting Vinay Malhotra, the airline’s head of international sales.
He further added that it will help improve passenger services from India to Istanbul and to Europe.
IndiGo has aircraft in the pipeline from European giant Airbus that will ensure steady delivery till 2030, according to airline officials.
“We are currently flying over 300 aircraft and we have nearly 500 more on order. Off course, the expansion depends a lot on the frequency and the timing of when we get an aircraft. But as and when the aircraft are coming, they will be deployed into the domestic market and some overseas,” Malhotra told news agency ANI.
Malhotra further said the airline is currently flying 1,800 flights a day and 10 per cent of them on international routes.
“Currently IndiGo is flying 1,800 flights a day and 10 per cent of them on international routes. Our current international flights are concentrated around the Indian sub-continent and some other countries around. The farthest we travel is to Turkey and Istanbul. We have been very keen to fly further and that’s why a partnership with Turkish airlines. This is a code ship partnership which allows us to penetrate Europe like never before,” he said.
Malhotra said that as a codeshare agreement with the Turkish airlines, IndiGo will be able to carry passengers from India to Istanbul and from Istanbul to beyond.
“We are having 27 points in Europe which covers the UK, France, Italy, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, and so many more points. These points have multiple frequencies with Turkish airlines and with our partnership with them as a codeshare we are able to carry passengers from India to Istanbul and from Istanbul to beyond. Within India too with our 76 online points, we are able to funnel people from all over India into Delhi and Mumbai further to Istanbul and then beyond to Europe,” he added.
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