IndiGo aims to carry 100 million passengers in the 12 months ending March 2024, because the provider provides extra home and worldwide routes, its CEO Pieter Elbers mentioned on June 5.
The finances provider flew 86 million passengers in FY23.
At a media briefing on the sidelines of the IATA World Air Transport Summit in Istanbul, Mr. Elbers mentioned the airline expects to have round 350 planes in its fleet by the top of this fiscal (FY24).
Currently, the provider has greater than 300 plane.
IndiGo is India’s largest airline with greater than 57% home market share. Â Â Â Â
According to him, the airline will proceed to take a look at having a bigger worldwide market share.
Last week, IndiGo introduced that it’s going to begin direct flights to six new locations in Africa and Central Asia, together with to Nairobi, Tbilisi and Tashkent, this 12 months.
Embarking on “massive” worldwide growth plans, the provider will join Nairobi in Kenya and Jakarta in Indonesia, with direct flights from Mumbai in late July or early August.
“Delhi will get connected in August to Tbilisi, Georgia & Baku, Azerbaijan and in September to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Almaty, Kazakhstan,” IndiGo mentioned in a launch on Friday.
(*100*) a question on bilateral flying rights, Mr. Elbers mentioned it’s up to the federal government to determine on whether or not to give extra rights or not. It requires a “tailor-made approach,” he added.
Regarding points with Pratt & Whitney engine points, Mr. Elbers mentioned the airline, like others, has a difficulty with provide chain challenges and that it has taken a complete vary of mitigating measures.
(*100*) a question on whether or not IndiGo could be becoming a member of an airline alliance, the CEO mentioned, “If home is the largest country in terms of population why should we restrict ourselves to one alliance”.