IndiGo reaches for the sky

Airbus A321neoXLR
Range: 4,700nm (8,704km)

Jul 2006: Rahul Bhatia (below left) and Rakesh Gangwal (centre) launch IndiGo budget airline

IndiGo had placed order for 100 Airbus A320-200 aircraft worth US$6 billion at 2005 Paris Air Show

2006: Airline receives its first A320

2011: IndiGo orders 180 Airbus A320 aircraft in deal worth $15 billion

Indian carriers by market share

Feb 2012: Takes delivery of its 50th aircraft

Aug 2015: IndiGo places order for 250 Airbus A320neo aircraft worth $27 billion – largest single order ever in Airbus history
  
Dec 2019: With fleet size of more than 250 aircraft, IndiGo becomes India’s largest carrier

Jun 2022: IndiGo appoints Pieter Elbers (right) – former chief executive officer of
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines – as its new CEO

May 2023: Economic boom spurs demand for domestic air travel – Indian airlines carry 132.14 million passengers with annual growth of 36.10%

Jun 19, Paris Air Show: IndiGo orders 500 single-aisle Airbus A320neo and A321XLR jets - single largest order in commercial aviation history

Jul-Sep 2023: Indigo plans to add six new destinations across Asia and Africa

May 2023
Indigo 61.4%
Air India group* 26.3%
Air India 9.4%
Vistara 9.0%
AirAsia India 7.9%
SpiceJet 5.4%
Akasa Air 4.8%
Alliance Air 1.3%

Air India Group includes Vistara and AirAsia India

Others 0.8%
Includes Trijet, Star Air and Go First

Sources: Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Economic Times, Reuters, Simple Flying
Pictures: Getty Images, IndiGo © GRAPHIC NEWS