Aviation IndiGo

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To mitigate the impact of higher aviation turbine fuel (ATF), IndiGo has raised airfares, but analysts believe it will not be enough to stem the Q1 profit fall.

The country's largest airline IndiGo on Monday announced it will place an order with CFM International for more than 1,000 engines to power its 510 A320 neo family planes. IndiGo and CFM International, an equal joint venture between GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines, have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the order at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK. The order for more than 1,000 LEAP-1A engines to power 510 Airbus A320 neo family aircraft will also be the "largest single order ever placed for LEAP engines and a record for CFM International," a release said on Monday. Financial details were not disclosed. A320 neo family planes include A320 neos, A321 neos and A321 XLRs. All are narrow-body aircraft. CFM International would also provide extensive support to the airline in establishing its engine MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) facility in Bengaluru. Besides, it will provide support to the IndiGo fleet through long-term material services .

Honeywell said the IndiGo deal includes auxiliary power units, weather radar, traffic collision avoidance systems, flight management systems and aftermarket support

IndiGo, in its recently held analyst meet, reiterated its ambition to raise international capacity share to around 40 per cent by FY30 from the current 30 per cent, according to a note by Elara.

A detailed order from a Jammu & Kashmir consumer court has laid out exactly how a routine baggage loss turned into a ₹1.19 lakh compensation ruling against IndiGo

An unmanned third-party vehicle on the apron hit a parked IndiGo aircraft at Kolkata airport on Tuesday, prompting the airline to ground the plane for inspection, the carrier said. "A third-party unmanned vehicle on the apron moved and came in contact with a parked IndiGo aircraft at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata on April 7, 2026. The relevant authorities have been informed," an IndiGo spokesperson said. The aircraft has been grounded and is undergoing thorough inspections and necessary maintenance before being cleared for operations, the spokesperson added. The plane was scheduled to operate flight 6E 6663 from Kolkata to Guwahati, but the airline arranged an alternate aircraft to operate the service. No injuries were reported.

IndiGo airline on Monday launched its daily flight from Shanghai to Kolkata boosting the air connectivity between India and China. The IndiGo6E flight was launched by Indian Consulate General in Shanghai Pratik Mathur. Meeting the IndiGo management team on the occasion, Mathur underlined the positive momentum, appreciated the growing confidence and enthusiasm being expressed through the booming air connectivity and the resurgent economic links between India and the region, the Indian Consulate in Shanghai said in a post on X. Indian airlines such as IndiGo and Air India have started connecting Shanghai with metro cities such as New Delhi and Kolkata. Kolkata is the second Indian metro after New Delhi now linked with Shanghai, China's commercial capital. Air China plans to launch a direct flight between Beijing and New Delhi on April 21, according to officials. The new route linking Shanghai-Kolkata is also expected to push the development of India's northeast, Mathur said. Kolka

Moody's says rising jet fuel prices amid Middle East tensions may pressure IndiGo's profitability, though its short booking cycle could allow cost pass-through over time

The company said that Elbers has resigned from his position with immediate effect due to some personal reasons

The Federation of Indian Airlines, representing IndiGo, Air India and SpiceJet, has told the DGCA that the draft rules should focus on flight duty period instead of flight time

More than 10.4 lakh passengers were affected by flight cancellations in December, with over 93 per cent of the total passengers getting impacted by IndiGo cancellations

IndiGo has reduced long-haul international flights operated by Boeing 787-9 aircraft as longer routings, airspace restrictions and congestion disrupt schedules

IndiGo said it is suspending Copenhagen flights and reducing frequencies on Manchester and London routes, due to airspace curbs and operational constraints

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers said that the airline is targeting over 4,000 daily flights and 200 million passengers by 2030, with early wide-body induction planned to support long-haul expansion

IndiGo has extended cancellations of flights to Tbilisi, Almaty, Baku and Tashkent until February 11 due to rising tensions in Iran and safety concerns over the airspace

The country's largest airline IndiGo, which faced massive operational disruptions earlier this month, saw its domestic market share slide to 63.6 per cent in November, according to official data. Air India Group, comprising Air India and Air India Express, and SpiceJet had their respective market shares in November rise to 26.7 per cent and 3.7 per cent, respectively. In October, these figures were at 25.7 per cent and 2.6 per cent, respectively. Latest data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) showed that Akasa Air also saw its domestic market share drop to 4.7 per cent in November from 5.2 per cent in October. With a share of 63.6 per cent in November, IndiGo remained the largest domestic carrier but the share declined from 65.6 per cent in October. In the wake of the operational disruptions, DGCA, earlier this month, directed IndiGo to reduce its winter schedule by 10 per cent. "Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-November 2025 were 1,526.35

IndiGo issued a travel advisory even on Saturday morning, as several north and east Indian cities continued to reel under winter fog and cold conditions

Authorities will take elaborate and corrective actions after studying the probe panel report into the recent massive flight disruptions at IndiGo, a senior official said on Friday. The four-member panel constituted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is expected to finalise its report soon. In the wake of the flight disruptions earlier this month, the DGCA has cut IndiGo's winter schedule by 10 per cent. IndiGo, the country's largest airline, used to operate 2,300 flights daily. The senior government official said elaborate and corrective actions will be taken after studying the panel's report. "We will continuously work on it," the official said, emphasising that efforts are underway to ensure such disruptions do not happen again. To a query on whether the schedule adherence of other airlines is also being monitored, the official replied in the affirmative. This is travel season, and also coinciding with the fog season, and airlines should be operating more flig

IndiGo emerged as India's largest international carrier in July-September 2025, overtaking the Air India group in passenger traffic amid capacity cuts and aircraft constraints at Tata-owned airlines