IndiGo plans 85 flights a day on regional routes

Airline to connect 13 destinations, mostly religious and industrial hubs

IndiGo is planning to bring smaller towns into its orbit with ATR-72 planes, according to the schedule submitted by the airline to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

Its plan is to connect 13 small towns in the hub-and-spoke model under its regional operations, beginning this winter.

The airline has sought the DGCA’s approval to operate 85 daily flights with its new ATR-72 planes to Tier II cities, which can act as a feeder to its main routes. Some destinations IndiGo is planning to fly to are Gorakhpur, Allahabad, Shirdi, Bhuj, Bhopal, Gwalior, Vijayawada, and Tirupati.

Simultaneously, the airline