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The nation’s largest airline IndiGo will start direct flights to six new destinations in Africa and Central Asia, together with to Nairobi, Tbilisi and Tashkent, this yr.
Embarking on “massive” worldwide growth plans, the service 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.
Once these routes are operational, the price range airline might be connecting a complete of 32 worldwide destinations in contrast to 26 presently.
While noting that it’s taking a “massive step in its international expansion strategy,” IndiGo mentioned it is going to be including an “impressive 174 new weekly international flights between June and September 2023, including new destinations, routes, and frequencies”.
IndiGo mentioned it is going to even be resuming every day companies from Delhi to Hong Kong in August. This flight was suspended three years in the past in the course of the coronavirus pandemic.
“The addition of these exciting new destinations, new direct flight routes, enhanced flight frequencies, and strategic codeshare partnerships, will help us expand our footprint across four continents with Africa and Central Asia being penetrated for the first time.
“With this growth in our community, we are going to now be instantly touching 32 worldwide destinations (up from 26), subsequent to our 78 home destinations,” IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers said.
He also said the airline is executing its strategy ‘Towards New Heights and Across New Frontiers’ and is poised to establish unparalleled connections between people and places.
The expansion also comes at a time when there is a rising demand for international travel from, to and via India, as well as the government’s efforts to develop an international aviation hub in the country.
Besides, Air India Group is set for an ambitious expansion of its fleet and services to connect with more international destinations.
Meanwhile, IndiGo is strengthening its connectivity to Europe through the codeshare connections with Turkish Airlines. Currently, it offers connectivity to 33 destinations in Europe via Istanbul.
“As a part of the codeshare partnership with Turkish Airlines, IndiGo will quickly offer connectivity to North America, closing closing regulatory approvals,” the discharge mentioned.
IndiGo, the nation’s largest airline with a home market share of greater than 57%, has a fleet of over 300 planes and operates greater than 1,800 every day flights.
