• market share of 29.7 per cent as of July 2013 as well as the
• country's largest low fare carrier. IndiGo is
• the fastest growing low cost carrier in the world (source: CAPA). IndiGo has a simple philosophy:
• offer fares that are always low, flights that are on time, and a courteous, hassle-free travel experience. IndiGo’s On Time Performance is one of the best in India. IndiGo’s
• Technical Dispatch Reliability is 99.91% making it the airline with the least number of cancellations in India. With its
• fleet of 70 new Airbus A320 aircraft, the airline offers
• 447 daily flights connecting 34 destinations - Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bangkok, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar,Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Dubai, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Kathmandu, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Muscat ,Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Singapore, Srinagar, Trivandrum, Vadodara, and Vishakhapatnam.
IndiGo was
• set up in early 2006 by Rakesh S Gangwal, a USA-based NRI and Rahul Bhatia of InterGlobe Enterprises. InterGlobe holds 51.12% stake in IndiGo and 48% is held by Gangwal's Virginia-based company Caelum Investments.[1]
• IndiGo placed a firm order of 100 Airbus A320-200 aircraft during June 2005 in plans to commence operations in mid-2006.[2] IndiGo took delivery of its first Airbus A320-200 aircraft on 28 July 2006, nearly one year after placing the order, and
• commenced operations on 4 August 2006 with a service from New Delhi to Imphal via Guwahati. By the end of 2006, the airline had six aircraft. Nine more aircraft were acquired in 2007 taking the total to 15.
• By December 2010, IndiGo replaced the state run flag carrier Air India as the top third airline in India. It already had a 17.3% of the market share, behind Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways.[3]
• By early 2012, IndiGo had taken the delivery of its 50th aircraft in less than 6 years. IndiGo is known to