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IndiGo to start daily direct flight to Istanbul by April
Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: 01.07.2019
The dream cruise on the Bosphorous could soon be within your reach. Budget carrier IndiGo will start daily flights to Istanbul by this March or April using the newly acquired Airbus A321 new engine option (Neo) aircraft. The low cost carrier (LCC) expects to get “double digit” A321Neos this year and is going to start onestop flights to the UK where it is looking at Birmingham and London Stansted and Gatwick as the options. Guangzhou and Kunming in China and Moscow are also on the LCCs radar as it plans aggressive international growth to areas which are in the range of the A321Neos.
“Our Istanbul flight should start by March-end or April. Our model for these flights will be pretty much the same as our current one. The per cost of the A321 Neo is low and we will be able to offer very competitive fares,” said a senior IndiGo official.
The LCC will also expand its reach in the Gulf by adding new places to its network like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. In Istanbul, IndiGo will fly to the new airport that will open shortly.
No Indian carrier flies to Turkey. And Turkish Airlines has only a daily direct to Delhi and Mumbai each from Istanbul. IndiGo introducing flights to Istanbul will provide the much-needed capacity enhancement on this route as the number of Indian visitors to Turkey has been increasing.
Last month, IndiGo and Turkish entered into a codeshare agreement which it said will enable both carriers to provide more flexibility of choice to their respective customers to fly on sectors between India, Istanbul and beyond.”
IndiGo to start daily direct flight to Istanbul by April
Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: 01.07.2019
The dream cruise on the Bosphorous could soon be within your reach. Budget carrier IndiGo will start daily flights to Istanbul by this March or April using the newly acquired Airbus A321 new engine option (Neo) aircraft. The low cost carrier (LCC) expects to get “double digit” A321Neos this year and is going to start onestop flights to the UK where it is looking at Birmingham and London Stansted and Gatwick as the options. Guangzhou and Kunming in China and Moscow are also on the LCCs radar as it plans aggressive international growth to areas which are in the range of the A321Neos.
“Our Istanbul flight should start by March-end or April. Our model for these flights will be pretty much the same as our current one. The per cost of the A321 Neo is low and we will be able to offer very competitive fares,” said a senior IndiGo official.
The LCC will also expand its reach in the Gulf by adding new places to its network like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. In Istanbul, IndiGo will fly to the new airport that will open shortly.
No Indian carrier flies to Turkey. And Turkish Airlines has only a daily direct to Delhi and Mumbai each from Istanbul. IndiGo introducing flights to Istanbul will provide the much-needed capacity enhancement on this route as the number of Indian visitors to Turkey has been increasing.
Last month, IndiGo and Turkish entered into a codeshare agreement which it said will enable both carriers to provide more flexibility of choice to their respective customers to fly on sectors between India, Istanbul and beyond.”
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