IndiGo appoints Ronojoy Dutta as CEO, Meleveetil Damodaran as chairman

Dutta, who earlier served as a United Airlines executive and Air Sahara's president, joined IndiGo as principal consultant in December last year

Aviation veteran Ronojoy Dutta has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IndiGo for a period of five years as it plans a major international expansion this year, the low-cost airline announced Thursday.

M Damodaran, former Chairman of Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has been appointed as chairman of the Indigo's board of directors, the budget carrier said.

Dutta would be taking the charge of CEO from the company's co-founder and interim CEO Rahul Bhatia, who stated Wednesday that the next phase of company's growth would come from international expansion.

Dutta was President of United Airlines, where he worked for nearly