IndiGo

IndiGo

IATA
6E

ICAO
IGO

Founded

2006

Commenced

8 April 2006

Callsign
IFLY

operations
Hubs

Indira Gandhi International

Airport (Delhi)

Secondary

hubs

Chatrapati Shivaji International

Airport(Mumbai)

Dr babasaheb ambedkar
international airport(Nagpur)

Focus cities

Kempegowda International
Airport (Bangalore)

Chennai International
Airport (Chennai)

Rajiv Gandhi International

Airport (Hyderabad)

Fleet size
Destinations
Parent

98
39
InterGlobe Enterprises

company
Headquarters Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Key people
Rakesh Gangwal
Rahul Bhatia, MD
Revenue

Aditya Ghosh, president

143.2

Net income

billion(US$2.1 billion) (FY2015)[1]

13.04

Website

billion(US$190 million) (FY2015)[1]

book.goindigo.in

IndiGo is an Indian Low-cost airline headquartered

at Gurgaon, India. It is the largest airline in India in terms

of passengers flown with market share of 36.5% as of

September 2015. The airline offers more than 647 daily
flights connecting to 39 destinations including 5
international destinations with its primary hub at Indira
Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. It presently operates a
fleet of 98 aircraft belonging to the Airbus A320 family. In
2014, IndiGo carried 21.4 million passengers in the
domestic sector alone.
Contents

1History

2Destinations

3Initial public offering

4Fleet
o

4.1Fleet info

4.2New aircraft orders

4.3Livery

5Services

6Accidents and incidents

7Awards and achievements

History
IndiGo was set up in early 2006 by Rahul Bhatia of
InterGlobe Enterprises andRakesh Gangwal, a United
States-based NRI. InterGlobe holds 51.12% stake in
IndiGo and 48% is held by Gangwal's Virginia-based
company Caelum Investments. IndiGo placed a firm order
for 100 Airbus A320-200 aircraft in June 2005 with plans to
commence operations in mid-2006. 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 17.3% of the market share,
behindKingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways. By early 2012,
IndiGo had taken the delivery of its 50th aircraft in less

than six years. In 2011, IndiGo placed an order for 180

aircraft Airbus A320 aircraft in a deal worth US$15 billion
which pushed up the percentage of Airbus aircraft in India
to 73%.
As of 2012, IndiGo was expanding rapidly and was the
only profitable airline in India. It replaced Kingfisher as the
second largest airline in India in terms of market share.
IndiGo strongly adheres to a low-cost model, buying only
one type of aircraft and keeping operational costs as low
as possible along with an emphasis on punctuality. IndiGo
added a new plane every six weeks and sometimes even
faster. In December 2011, the DGCA highlighted problems
resulting from the expansion could impact safety. On 17
August 2012, IndiGo became the largest airline in India in
terms of market share (27%) surpassing Jet Airways, six
years after operations commenced. In January 2013,
IndiGo was the second fastest growing low-cost carrier in
Asia behind Indonesian airline Lion Air.] In February 2013,
following the civil aviation ministry announcing that it
would be allowing IndiGo to take the delivery of only five
aircraft that year, reports suggested that the airline was in

plans to introduce low-cost regional flights by setting up a

subsidiary. However, IndiGo announced that it actually
plans to seek permission from the ministry to acquire four
more aircraft, therefore taking the delivery of nine aircraft
in 2013 In August 2013, the Center for Asia Pacific
Aviation ranked IndiGo among the 10 biggest low-cost
carriers in the world.
In August 2015, IndiGo placed an order of 250 Airbus
A320neo aircraft worth $27 billion, making it the largest
single order ever in Airbus history. Indigo announced a
Rs.3,200 crore initial public offering on 19 October 2015
which opened on October 27, 2015.
Destinations[
Main article: IndiGo destinations
IndiGo operates to 39 destinations, 34 in India and 5
international, with more than 647 daily flights.[3] In January
2011 IndiGo received a license to operate international
flights after completing five years of operations. IndiGo's
first international service was launched between New
Delhi and Dubai on 1 September 2011. Over the following

weeks, the international services were expanded to serve

Bangkok, Singapore, Muscat and Kathmandu from New
Delhi and Mumbai. Now international flights are also
operated from several cities
including Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi,Kolkata,
Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and Visakhapatnam.
IndiGo is considering the launch of flights between Kolkata
and Kunming, China.
Initial public offering[
Indigo listed on NSE with the name of its parent company
InterGlobe Aviation in November 2015. Interglobe aviation
raised around Rs.3000 crore from the offering.
Fleet
In order to reduce operational overhead, IndiGo operates
only the Airbus A320 family of aircraft in its fleet. It
generally purchases new aircraft. As of December 2015,
IndiGo operates the following aircraft:
IndiGo fleet[21]
Aircraft

In

Orders Passengers

Note

all-

Service

economy

Airbus
A320-

98

180

200

12 sub-leased
from Tigerair[22][23]
Deliveries starting

Airbus
A320neo

430[24]

189

2015[25][26]Some
orders convertible to
A321neo

Total

98

430

Fleet info[
IndiGo received its first A320 in July 2006 and at that time
had hoped to induct all the 100 aircraft it had ordered by
20152016. However, the airline took delivery of its 100th
aircraft on 4 November 2014 and completed its initial order
ahead of schedule.[
The Airbus A320neo family aircraft will be delivered
between 2015 and 2022. Meanwhile, IndiGo has leased
12 Airbus A320 aircraft from Tigerair, to be delivered
between December 2014 to May 2015, to assist with its

expansion plans whilst awaiting delivery of its 430 Airbus

A320neo.
New aircraft orders
IndiGo placed an order for 100 Airbus A320 family aircraft
during the 2005 Paris Air Show. The total order was worth
US$6 billion, one of the highest during the show. IndiGo
signed a memorandum of understanding for an additional
180 Airbus A320 aircraft including 150 with the New
Engine Option (NEO) on 11 January 2011. This is one of
the largest orders of its kind in commercial aviation history.
IndiGo is also one of the launch customers of the brand
new Airbus A320neo family. The cost of the order is
expected to have exceeded US$15 billion. The final
delivery from the order for 100 Airbus A320s was made in
late 2014. On the 15 October 2014, IndiGo expressed its
intention to purchase 250 A320neo aircraft worth US$25.7
billion at list prices On 15 August 2015, IndiGo firmed up
its order for 250 A320neo aircraft for $26.5 billion.[24] The
order also provides IndiGo the flexibility to convert some
A320s to A321neo which can seat more passengers and

fly on longer routes. And the order 250 jets

becomes Airbus's single largest order by number of
aircraft in history
Livery[
The bottoms of the aircraft are painted in indigo, followed
by sky blue stripes below the wings. The upper portion is
given a white background along with the airline's name
written in indigo. A dot-line structure of an aircraft is
painted near the noses of IndiGo's aircraft. IndiGo's official
website goindiGo.in is written on the engines, which have
an indigo background. Finally, the tail is mostly indigo
again, with the carrier's name written at the top in indigo, a
sky blue stripe in the middle, on a white background. On
the belly of the aircraft are 20 spots depicted as a plane
representing the airline's logo.
Services[
Being a low-cost carrier, none of IndiGo's flights
have business class or first class sections. It offers
only economy classseating. To keep fares low, IndiGo
does not provide complimentary meals in any of its flights,

though it does have a buy-on board in-flight meal

programme.] No in-flight entertainment is available, but the
airline provides an in-flight catalogueHello 6E which gives
information about various duty-free products which can be
bought on board.
IndiGo offers premium services, where the passengers, at
a higher fare, can avail additional benefits like a preassigned seat and meals on board. It also offers a service
called IndiGo Corporate Programme for corporate
travellers.[] IndiGo offers a boarding ramp for people in a
wheelchair for boarding the plane.
Accidents and incidents[

On 11 January 2011, Flight 333, piloted by Captain

Parminder Kaur Gulati, landed nose-first at Goa
International Airport, damaging the landing gear and
putting the aircraft at risk of disintegration. Prior to the
landing, the captain had caused the aircraft to descend
too steeply, against the recommendations of aircraft
manufacturer Airbus.] It was later discovered that the
captain used forged papers to obtain an air transport

pilot license (ATPL) and the aircraft was flown back to

Delhi when the aircraft's systems showed problems with
the landing gear. Awards and achievements[edit]
IndiGo has won the following awards:

Best LCC (low-cost carrier) by the Airline Passengers

Association of India (2007).

Best LCC at the Galileo Express Travel Awards

(2008).[

CNBC Awaaz's Travel Award for best low cost airline

(2009, 2013).

Skytrax Awards Best low cost carrier (2010, 2011,

2012, 2013, 2014). The Airline Of The Year (India)
at GMR Group Indira Gandhi International
Airport Award.

Best LCC Aviation award for Excellence by Centre for

Asia Pacific Aviation (2015).

Despite low crude oil prices, some of the airlines in India

are still bearing rough weather. As per a report by aviation
consultancy Capa India, Indian airlines have lost more
than $10 billion since 2009 while their debt stands at
around $11.3 billion.
But, IndiGo, which has 40% share of the Indian aviation
market, remains unaffected and is managing its business
with aplomb.
Here are few reasons for how the budget airline is
prospering in tough times.
1. IndiGO IPO: When IndiGo's operator InterGlobe
Enterprises announced their plans for an IPO and set
prices between Rs 700 and Rs 765 a share, many though
the prices were too high. But, IndiGO IPO subscribed
more than six times and made a stunning debut on the
market, gaining early 18% on listing. IndiGo is now valued
at around $6 billion.

2. Keeping it simple: Despite complex aviation regulations,

creaking airports, rising airport fees, exorbitant taxes, etc,
IndiGo has stuck to one formula-keep it simple. "We focus
only on getting customers from point A to B safely along
with their bags and serve food that will not make them
sick," IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh had said. IndiGo flies
only the Airbus320s, which helps keep operations simple
and costs low.
3. Negotiations: Through repeated orders of Airbus 320,
(100 planes in 2005, 180 in 2011 and 250 planes in
October) have given IndiGo an edge to bargain hard.
IndiGo then sells and leases back the planes, cushioning
its balance sheet from the uncertainties of aviation and
helping it retain a young fleet.

Social work for deaf done by Indigo

Social care provided by the local authority can include:

advice and support from a specialist social worker

Indigo Access social work service provides crisis intervention,

advocacy, client focussed activities, community work including
individual welfare rights, supporting Deaf people access to
services to find employment, undertake lifelong learning,
acquire parenting skills, access appropriate mental health
services or dementia support services.
Indigo Access are able to provide social work on behalf of a
local authority and because we have over a decade worth of
experience in understanding deaf issues and can
communicate fluently using BSL and English we can achieve
great outcomes for both the local authority and the resident.
Our social worker is regulated with the HCPC, the regulatory
body for English Social Workers.