End of expensive air travel

Muscat: IndiGo, India’s second largest budget airline and one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, is offering an affordable alternative to the often exorbitant fares charged by full-service airlines operating to Indian destinations.
The move, announced by IndiGo’s top boss Aditya Ghosh at a press briefing yesterday, promises to come as cheery news to many among the estimated 800,000-strong Indian expatriate community in the Sultanate, who have long complained of disproportionately steep tariffs imposed by airlines serving the Indian sub-continent.
IndiGo, which has invested tens of billions of dollars in one of the world’s most modern fleets, will launch operations from the Sultanate next month, initially with a service from Muscat to Mumbai commencing on October 10. IndiGo is offering four flights a week at an inaugural return fare of RO 88, along with free checked baggage of 30 kg and 8 kg of cabin luggage.
Outlining the airline’s strategy for growth in Oman, Ghosh said services to Cochin, Trivandrum and Chennai will be launched within the next three months, while Delhi will be added sometime thereafter. Depending upon the uptake of its services, more routes on the Indian sector will be added to the network.
Significantly, Muscat is the fourth overseas destination to be added to IndiGo’s international network as the airline continues to press ahead with its strategy to expand far beyond Indian airspace. The low fare carrier recently launched its international services with daily and direct flights from Delhi to Dubai, Bangkok and Singapore.
“The initial response of the flights has been good so far and the carrier hopes that it will be able to replicate its domestic success in the international market as well. The carrier’s expansion in the international skies will further consolidate its position as the fastest growing low fare airline,” IndiGo said in a statement.
22/09/11 Oman Daily Observer

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Categories: Foreign Sep 2011, Indigo Airlines Sep 2011