IndiGo to start international flights from Aug

As IndiGo turns five in August 2011, this approval dovetails well into its planning process. This will hasten the process of Indian carriers taking back some of the market share that has been lost over the past many decades to foreign carriers," the airline said in a statement.
Budget carrier IndiGo, which recently placed a record order for planes, will start international operations in August, pitting it against Emirates, Singapore Airlines Ltd and AirAsia Bhd. The aviation ministry has approved IndiGo's proposal to fly to four countries, joining Indian carriers Air India, Jet Lite (India) Ltd, Jet Airways (India) Ltd, Kingfisher Airlines Ltd and SpiceJet Ltd, in a market that's growing at around 10% annually. The Gurgaon-based carrier, run by InterGlobe General Aviation Pvt. Ltd, has been cleared to operate daily flights to Bangkok, Singapore and Dubai from New Delhi and Mumbai, besides connecting Muscat with Mumbai, all considered to be high-traffic routes. The aviation ministry cleared the four-month-old proposal late last week. IndiGo's proposal to fly to several other overseas destination starting from November is still to be cleared. On 12 January, the airline announced a record order for 180 Airbus SAS A320 jets in Toulouse worth $15 billion (Rs.68,000 crore) at list prices. "
20/01/11 India Infoline

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