IndiGo's expansion plan: Partnership with Turkish Airlines, 500 planes already on order from Airbus

IndiGo has partnered with Turkish Airlines to expand its reach to Europe, and has 500 more aircrafts on order as part of its expansion plan, said the airline's head of international sales, Vinay Malhotra on Friday.

He further added that it will help improve passenger services from India to Istanbul and to Europe.

IndiGo has aircraft in the pipeline from European giant Airbus that will ensure steady delivery till 2030, according to airline officials.

"We are currently flying over 300 aircraft and we have nearly 500 more on order. Off course, the expansion depends a lot on the frequency and the timing of when we get an aircraft. But as and when the aircraft are coming, they will be deployed into the domestic market and some overseas," Malhotra told ANI.

Malhotra further said the airline is currently flying 1,800 flights a day and 10 per cent of them on international routes.

"Currently IndiGo is flying 1,800 flights a day and 10 per cent of them on international routes. Our current international flights are concentrated around the Indian sub-continent and some other countries around. The farthest we travel is to Turkey and Istanbul. We have been very keen to fly further and that's why a partnership with Turkish airlines. This is a code ship partnership which allows us to penetrate Europe like never before," he said.

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