The new low-cost carrier, IndiGo, which placed India’s biggest orders for 100 Airbus aircraft at the Paris Air Show last year, will start operations in July-August with its own aeroplanes."The delivery of our first aircraft will take place some time in July and we will start operations soon thereafter. We plan to start between July 1 and August 5," the airline’s president and CEO Bruce Ashby said.
The budget carrier has placed orders for 100 aircraft of the A-320, A-319 and A-321 make, which belong to the same family having several commonalities especially that of the cockpit. Mr Ashby said the planes would be delivered one each month from July till the year-end and another nine next year. On an average, ten aircraft would be delivered each year for the next ten years, he said.
On the pricing of tickets, he said it would be consistent with fares being offered by the low-cost carriers in the Indian market like SpiceJet and Air Deccan and "a lot less lower than the legacy carriers like Indian, Air India, Jet Airways and Air Sahara." The airline had recently submitted its flight schedules for mandatory clearances.
The budget carrier has placed orders for 100 aircraft of the A-320, A-319 and A-321 make, which belong to the same family having several commonalities especially that of the cockpit. Mr Ashby said the planes would be delivered one each month from July till the year-end and another nine next year. On an average, ten aircraft would be delivered each year for the next ten years, he said.
On the pricing of tickets, he said it would be consistent with fares being offered by the low-cost carriers in the Indian market like SpiceJet and Air Deccan and "a lot less lower than the legacy carriers like Indian, Air India, Jet Airways and Air Sahara." The airline had recently submitted its flight schedules for mandatory clearances.