Mumbai: IndiGo is withdrawing its Mumbai-Singapore and Delhi-Singapore flights as part of its route-rationalisation exercise. High fuel costs and intense competition are said to be the reason behind the move. The airline will redeploy its planes to start new services from Hyderabad and Chennai to Singapore.
IndiGo is yet to inform travel agents. The airline is not accepting web bookings on Singapore flights from Mumbai and Delhi beyond March. Also, no flights are available on the Mumbai-Bangkok route from March.
The airline made its global foray in September 2011, connecting Delhi with Dubai. Gradually, it added flights to Dubai, Bangkok, Muscat (Oman) and Singapore from Mumbai and Dubai.
With its low fares and stress on arriving and departing on time, the airline was successful in luring business from established carriers. However, intense competition and a limited distribution network in Singapore has impacted the airline, industry sources said.
01/01/13 Aneesh Phadnis/Business Standard/Rediff.com
