India's leading airline IndiGo said Friday it will start direct flights to six new destinations in Africa and Central Asia, further spreading its wings in the international skies as part of a "massive" overseas expansion plan.
IndiGo will connect Nairobi, Kenya and Jakarta, Indonesia, with direct flights from Mumbai in late July or early August, and Delhi will get connected in August to Tbilisi, Georgia & Baku, Azerbaijan, and in September to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Almaty, Kazakhstan, the company said in a release.
The airline, operated by InterGlobe Aviation, is therefore adding 174 new weekly international flights between June and September 2023, including new destinations, routes, and frequencies, catering to the rising demand for international travel from, to and via India.
IndiGo will thus be connecting a total of 32 international destinations, up from 26 now, once the new routes are operational.
IndiGo will also resume operations of daily services from Delhi to Hong Kong in August, which was suspended three years back due to Covid-19.
These new flights will unlock remarkable opportunities for both business and leisure travellers seeking seamless connectivity, the company said.
"The addition of these exciting new destinations, new direct flight routes, enhanced flight frequencies, and strategic codeshare partnerships, will help us expand our footprint across four continents with Africa and Central Asia being penetrated for the first time. With this expansion in our network, we will now be directly touching 32 international destinations (up from 26), next to our 78 domestic destinations,” Pieter Elbers, CEO, said in a statement.
02/06/2023 Economic Times
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