IndiGo to deploy 18% capacity on foreign routes

India’s largest low-cost carrier, IndiGo, plans to dedicate 18 per cent of its total capacity to the international sector.
Currently, the airline flies four aircraft on the international sector, which is roughly eight per cent of current capacity.
“We think 15 to 18 per cent of the capacity should be in the international sector. By March, we would be a 55-aircraft fleet, and would be able to dedicate seven-eight aircraft exclusively to international operations, if the permissions come by then,” said IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh.
IndiGo, which secured the permission to fly to international destinations in September, operates five flights a day to Dubai, Bangkok, Singapore, Muscat and Kathmandu. The carrier is operating all its flights to these destinations with occupancy of over 80 per cent and hopes to remain profitable. “I hope we will remain profitable on all those routes,” Ghosh said, without commenting on the yields on these routes.
05/02/12 Mihir Mishra/Business Standard

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Categories: Foreign Feb 2012, Indigo Airlines Feb 2012