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IndiGo aims to increase women pilots in workforce to over 1,000 in 1 year

IndiGo aims to increase the number of women pilots in its workforce to over 1,000 in the next year as the country's largest airline steers ahead with efforts to boost diversity and inclusivity. The airline, which is expanding its fleet and network, currently, has over 800 women pilots. Sukhjit S Pasricha, Group Chief Human Resources Officer at IndiGo, said the airline is driving inclusiveness in a big way by working in every area, including among engineering and flying staff. "In every work area, we are driving diversity and inclusivity. We have a 360-degree approach to it... we have grown by about 30 per cent in terms of women in engineering overall," he told PTI. According to him, the airline has the highest number of women pilots, which is now at over 800. The airline has around 14 per cent women pilots compared to the global average of 7-9 per cent women pilots in the workforce. "We will cross the number of 1,000 women pilots in one year (by August 2025)," he said. The airli

Central Asia gives India's largest budget carrier IndiGo its wings

Just over a three-hour flight from Delhi, these four countries have seen a big jump in visitors

IndiGo inducts 77 female pilots to mark 77 yrs of country's independence

IndiGo on Wednesday inducted 77 female pilots for its Airbus and ATR planes to celebrate 77 years of the country's independence. With the latest induction, the carrier has more than 800 female pilots. The induction of 72 female pilots for the Airbus fleet and 5 for the ATR fleet to celebrate 77 years of the country's independence marks a milestone, the airline said in a release. The airline has around 14 per cent women pilots compared to a global average of 7-9 per cent women pilots in the workforce, it added. Captain Ashim Mitra, Senior Vice President of Flight Operations at IndiGo, said the airline has always promoted a workplace that thrives on diversity and inclusivity. Among other initiatives, IndiGo has introduced life cycle initiatives that provide flexibility to lady pilots with children under five years old to choose a reduced flying contract. As of March 31, 2024, the airline had 36,860 permanent employees, including 5,038 pilots and 9,363 cabin crew.

Six infants among 205 people evacuated by Air India from B'desh amid unrest

Air India, Vistara, and IndiGo have resumed operations to Bangladesh after briefly cancelling flights amid political unrest in the country

Air India, Vistara, IndiGo to operate scheduled flights to Dhaka today

Air India will operate its scheduled flights from Delhi to Dhaka on Wednesday and is also likely to operate a special flight to bring back people from the Bangladesh capital, according to sources. Vistara and IndiGo will also operate their scheduled flights on Wednesday to Dhaka, which is witnessing a volatile situation amid protests. On Tuesday, Air India operated its evening flight to Dhaka. It had cancelled the morning flight to the city. Bangladesh has been witness to dramatic developments in the last couple of days. Sheikh Hasina, who ruled the country with an iron fist for 15 years, resigned as prime minister on Monday following massive protests that initially began as an agitation against a job quota scheme but weeks later morphed into a mass movement demanding her ouster from power. Sources said Air India will operate its scheduled two daily flights from Delhi to Dhaka on Wednesday. The airline is also likely to operate a special flight to bring back people from Dhaka, they

IndiGo, Air India cancel their flights to Dhaka amid Bangladesh unrest

IndiGo, India's largest carrier, operates 35 weekly flights between the two countries, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium

IndiGo to introduce flights to 7 new global destinations by end of FY25

IndiGo airlines currently operates more than 2,000 flights daily, connecting around 120 destinations, including 33 international cities

Indigo faces backlash for cheerful tone on flight disruptions in Delhi rain

Indigo Airlines refers to flight delays caused by heavy rainfall as a 'special announcement straight from the heavenly skies' - netizens react

Why did IndiGo share price fall 5% post Q1 2024-25 results? Read here

IndiGo share price target: Brokerages have mixed rating on IndiGo stock with ICICI Securities maintaining 'Buy' (unchanged target price of Rs 5,265)

IndiGo Q1 FY25 results: Net profit declines 11.7% on higher expenses

India's largest airline by market share posted a profit of Rs 2,727 crore ($326 million) for the three months ending June 30, compared with Rs 3,087 crore a year earlier

IndiGo Q1FY25 results today: Will it report profit or loss? Read preview

IndiGo Q1FY25 result preview: : InterGlobe Aviation-owned IndiGo Airlines may report lower profit on yearly basis due to high base of last year and low air traffic amid Delhi T1 roof collapse crisis

Heavy rainfall lashes Mumbai; flights, suburban train services disrupted

IMD weather update: Mumbai is currently experiencing heavy downpours. An 'orange' alert has been issued for the Konkan region

Microsoft outage: IndiGo cancels 93 flights; systems limp back to recovery

Air India, on the other hand, said its systems have been working just fine but a few of its flights have been delayed due to the outage of airport systems

Check-in systems down: IndiGo, SpiceJet, Akasa ops hit by major tech glitch

Microsoft cloud service outage disrupts check-in systems across the country. Airlines are working with Microsoft to resolve the technical issues

Indian aviation sets record H1FY24 traffic; IndiGo, Tata Group thrive

Although June 2024 saw a decline in domestic passenger traffic in India compared to May 2024, it was the best June on record with 13.6 million passengers compared to 12.4 million in June 2023

Clear skies ahead: Strong long-term gains for IndiGo as demand rises

Post-merger of Air India and Vistara, the top two players will hold around 90 per cent domestic market share together. However, IndiGo's superior cost structure is a likely differentiator

Delhi Airport T1 roof collapse disrupts 22k passengers, shift to T2 and T3

Delhi Airport T1 roof collapse: IIT Delhi structural engineering department to conduct independent assessment of Terminal 1. Operations at T1 will not resume till the assessment is complete

Delhi airport T1 roof collapse: Over 20 flights cancelled on Jun 29

More than 20 flights of IndiGo that were to operate from Terminal 1 of the Delhi airport were cancelled on Saturday, a day after the terminal was shut down following the roof collapse incident. A source in the know said 23 flights of IndiGo and 2 flights of SpiceJet that were scheduled to operate from T1 were cancelled on Saturday. There was no immediate comment from IndiGo. However, a SpiceJet source said it has shifted all T1 operations to T3 and all flights were operated on Saturday. Following the roof collapse incident, the operations at T1 were suspended on Friday. The flights that were to be operated from the terminal have been shifted to Terminal 2 (T2) and Terminal 3 (T3). On Friday, Delhi airport operator DIAL said it has set up a technical committee to probe the roof collapse at the airport's Terminal 1 and the primary cause of the incident seems to be continued heavy rainfall.

Stocks to watch on June 25: IndiGo, KIMS, Borosil, Swan Energy, RBL Bank

Stocks to watch on June 25: Swan Energy is set to acquire a 49 per cent equity stake in Triumph Offshore Private Ltd (TOPL) from Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO) for Rs 440 crore

IndiGo, Garuda Aviation Academy to train fresh pilots as junior officers

No-frills carrier IndiGo on Thursday said it has partnered with Garuda Aviation Academy to train fresh pilots as future junior first officers, under the airline's Cadet Pilot Program. The 21-month course includes a three-month ground schooling at Garuda Aviation Academy training centre in Gurugram, followed by 12 months of training at 43 Air School in South Africa, which has a track record of training over 6,000 ab-initio pilots over the years, IndiGo said. Over the last 13 years, the airline said, it has formed eight such partnerships and inducted over 1,000 pilots through these full training programmes, including commercial pilot licence and A320 type rating, the airline said. These courses start right from cadet selection to induction into the airline as a pilot, according to the airline. "The partnership with Garuda Aviation Academy will bolster our Cadet Pilot Programme. We believe that this 21-month course will successfully foster the next generation of skilled pilots who wil