India's dominant airline IndiGo charts impressively stirring expansion mode
Travel Trade Journal|July 2023
At IndiGo, the fundamental principle that governs the business model is low-cost leadership. The airline is in a constant endeavour to lower costs and provide affordable, on-time, hassle-free travel experiences to its customers whilst simultaneously aiming for growth. Vinay Malhotra, HeadGlobal Sales, IndiGo, conveys that they have defined three strategic pillars of reassure, develop, and create to support their growth plans as they are looking to double in size and scale by the end of this decade.
Prashant Nayak
India's dominant airline IndiGo charts impressively stirring expansion mode

The growth of the aviation market in India is vigorous and back to pre-COVID levels presenting IndiGo with the opportunity to grow and flourish both operationally and financially. In the previous quarter, robust demand on account of the peak travel season was reckoned as the reason behind the surge in their topline growth. Looking ahead, with the market forces at play and an ongoing strong travel demand trend that is only expected to grow, the airline continues to add capacity and cater to its aim of providing hassle-free services and affordable travel experiences.

IndiGo is India’s largest passenger airline with a domestic market share of 57.5 per cent (as of April 2023). The airline has deployed more capacity than in the pre-pandemic period and is now operating over 1800 daily flights versus 1600 daily flights before the pandemic. “We continue to see robust growth across the network. We have also witnessed a handsome return of demand for international destinations in the last few months and have introduced connectivity to Europe via Istanbul, through our codeshare agreement with Turkish Airlines. We will be concluding FY23 on the higher side of the range of the previously guided capacity estimates,” asserts Vinay.

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