New Delhi: IndiGo will start twice daily flights to China this year. Willy Boulter, the low cost carrier’s chief commercial officer, said this on Wednesday. The airline has so far not given the names of its destinations in China. Sources say these two might be Guangzhou and Kunming.
“We will fly to China this year 14 times a week. As of now, there are only 47 weekly flights between India and China (5 by Air India and 42 by Chinese airlines). We will deploy 14 flights to China this year,” Boulter said at a CAPA summit here.
IndiGo has started getting the single-aisle Airbus A321 Neo, with 222 all-economy seats and an extra fuel tank that give it an extra hour of flying time. “They will provide next phase of international growth. For us, international operations on widebody aircraft remains an aspiration, not a firm order. Longhaul operations on wide body are not a proven model for two main reasons: widebody aircraft have a lot of has cargo space and LCCs are not too good at selling that. Secondly, selling premium class in LCC widebody is not easy as premium flyers (they eye) would be frequent flyers on full-service carriers with miles,” Boulter said.
13/02/19 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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“We will fly to China this year 14 times a week. As of now, there are only 47 weekly flights between India and China (5 by Air India and 42 by Chinese airlines). We will deploy 14 flights to China this year,” Boulter said at a CAPA summit here.
IndiGo has started getting the single-aisle Airbus A321 Neo, with 222 all-economy seats and an extra fuel tank that give it an extra hour of flying time. “They will provide next phase of international growth. For us, international operations on widebody aircraft remains an aspiration, not a firm order. Longhaul operations on wide body are not a proven model for two main reasons: widebody aircraft have a lot of has cargo space and LCCs are not too good at selling that. Secondly, selling premium class in LCC widebody is not easy as premium flyers (they eye) would be frequent flyers on full-service carriers with miles,” Boulter said.
13/02/19 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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