IndiGo to fly abroad from August, spur competition

New Delhi: IndiGo, India’s second-biggest airline by passengers carried, is expected to commence international operations by the first week of August.
The low-fare carrier plans five daily flights from Mumbai and Delhi each, connecting Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai, Kathmandu and Muscat.
An announcement on this is expected early next week.
IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh was travelling and did not respond to an SMS seeking details.
According to sources, the airline has already received necessary clearances from the ministry of civil aviation and will be joining peers such as Air India, Jet Airways and JetLite, Kingfisher Airlines and SpiceJet on these competitive routes.
The Gurgaon-based carrier is run by InterGlobe General Aviation owned by Rahul Bhatia.
The Delhi-Singapore leg already has three airlines competing - Jet, Kingfisher and Air India.
On the Bangkok and Dubai sectors, competition is expected again from Jet whereas SpiceJet and JetLite are already flying to Kathmandu. Air India and Jet also fly to Muscat.
An official at a full-service carrier said IndiGo’s arrival on the scene is unlikely to result in any large shift in market dynamics.
13/06/11 Sindhu Bhattacharya/Daily News & Analysis

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