IndiGo is eager to take its pared-down model to UK, Europe, though carriers have stayed away
Calicut is connected with Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi via Mumbai
Several top fund managers have exited the counter of InterGlobe Aviation, which operates the country's largest airline by market share, IndiGo. Put together, fund mangers sold shares worth Rs 120 crore of IndiGo in June. This came even as the airline recorded the fastest domestic passenger growth rate, of 26 per cent.HDFC Mutual Fund, UTI MF and DSP BlackRock MF completely liquidated their holdings in IndiGo in June, amid its shares trading near record levels. On Friday, shares of IndiGo closed at Rs 1,241.7, around four cent below its one-year high of Rs 1,292, touched earlier this month."We have been investors in the company since its listing. Most of our schemes have benefited from a good rally in the counter. So, it was a profit-booking exercise, on the back of a not-favourable outlook for the aviation sector this year. However, what triggered selling was a sudden interest shown by the company in Air India," said a fund manager.Adding: "IndiGo continues to be the best bet for ...
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IndiGo plans to use ATR-72 planes to feed its mainline network in a hub and spoke model.On Tuesday IndiGo announced a provisional order for 50 ATR-72 planes valued at $ 1.3 billion at list prices. This is the second largest order of ATR-72 planes till date-the previous record order was from American Eagle airlines for 100 ATR-72 (50 firm plus 50 options) in 1990.IndiGo expects deliveries to commence from 2017-end and will operate the aircraft on routes under regional connectivity scheme (RCS) and also other high demand short routes which are not a part of the scheme.IndiGo is yet to disclose whether it will participate in the second round of bidding for RCS routes which takes place in three months. According to aviation sources IndiGo is evaluating a number of destinations for its ATR aircraft and these include high demand destinations such as Dharamsala and Tirupati which are now served by rival airlines. Other options include routes in North East and Chennai-Colombo route which is ..
Carrier to vie with SpiceJet, Jet Air, to buy fifty ATR-72 to cater to smaller towns on aviation map