IndiGo 2.0: Co-founders makes case for buying Air India's global operations

At the heart of the strategy is the basic fundamental of keeping costs for long-haul flights low

A philosophical Rakesh Gangwal – a veteran at running international airlines -- invoked Shakespeare, cited example of five international carriers to justify the case of acquiring Air India’s international business through which IndiGo wants to foray into long-haul, low-cost operations.

At the heart of it was the basic fundamental of keeping costs low, a characteristic a frugal Gangwal has imprinted on IndiGo; the airline he founded in 2005 along with Rahul Bhatia. And in that process, IndiGo intends to overhaul Air India’s fundamental business model- make it a nimble low-cost airline which flies long-haul routes without the baggage of premium