Indigo on Friday reported a profit of Rs 30 billion after tax for the third quarter of the financial year 2024. “For the third quarter of financial year 2024, we reported a profit after tax of Rs 30 billion with a profit after tax margin of 15.4 percent. With these […]
IndiGo announces removal of fuel charge on domestic and international routes
In a significant move, IndiGo, India’s leading airline on Thursday declared the elimination of fuel charges on all its domestic and international flights, effective from today. This decision comes as a relief to passengers and marks a departure from the fuel charge introduced in October 2023, in response to escalating aviation-turbine-fuel”>Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices. The removal of the fuel […]
IndiGo flight suffers tail strike while landing at Delhi Airport
An IndiGo aircraft has been grounded after it suffered a tail strike during its landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. The incident took place on Sunday when the plane was on course to Delhi from Kolkata. No injuries were reported in the incident. According to the Directorate General of […]
IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers appointed as Chair-elect of IATA’s Board of Governors
IndiGo on Sunday announced that its CEO, Pieter Elbers, has been elected as the chair-elect of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Board of Governors. He will succeed present Chair, Yvonne Manzi Makolo, the CEO of Rwandair with effect from June 2024, IndiGo said in a statement. Pieter Elbers’ appointment […]
Singapore-bound IndiGo plane diverted to Indonesia after crew reports rubber, fuel smell mid-air
A Singapore-bound IndiGo flight was diverted to Kualanamu international airport at Medan in Indonesia after the crew reported rubber and fuel smell in the cabin, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. “Indigo A320CEO aircraft VT-IAN, flight 6E1007 (Tiruchirappalli-Singapore) was diverted to Kualanamu (Indonesia) on Tuesday as cabin crew […]
IndiGo flight suffers tail strike during landing at Nagpur airport, no injuries
An Indigo flight 6E-203 from Mumbai flight suffered a tail strike during landing at Nagpur airport. The incident took place on April 14 as flight 6E 203 was on course to Nagpur from Mumbai. “On 14th April 2023, flight 6E 203, from Mumbai had a tail strike while landing at Nagpur. The aircraft was […]
‘Flight was diverted as precaution’: IndiGo after emergency landing of aircraft
Responding to the emergency landing of the Varanasi -bound flight, IndiGo airlines on Tuesday stated that the flight was diverted to Hyderabad as a ‘precaution’. In a statement, the airline stated, “IndiGo flight 6E897 from Bengaluru to Varanasi was diverted to Hyderabad as a precaution. The pilot noticed a technical issue and diverted to Hyderabad […]
IndiGo inaugurates its second MRO facility at Kempegowda International Airport.
Low-cost carrier IndiGo inaugurated its second maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at the Kempegowda International Airport (Bengaluru) on Thursday. The 13,000-sq mt hangar is built on five acres of land and is the second largest maintenance facility at the Bengaluru Airport. The largest airline in the country has signed a 20-year pact with […]
Indian hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh slams IndiGo over extra charges
Olympic bronze medal-winning Indian hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on Friday posted a tweet in which he expressed his disappointment at IndiGo airlines for charging him extra for his “goalkeeper baggage”. The goalkeeper highlighted that the International Hockey Federation (FIH) allows him to carry a hockey stick which is over […]
IndiGo plane skids off runway while taxiing for take off in Assam’s Jorhat; all 98 passengers safe
The passengers had a harrowing experience after a Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight with 98 passengers on board, skidded off the runway while taxiing for take-off at the Jorhat airport in Assam on Thursday. Indigo flight 6E-757 was scheduled to take-off for Kolkata on Thursday at 2:20 pm, as per the scheduled […]
IndiGo puts LDF convener, two Youth Congress workers on ‘no fly list’ for unruly behaviour
IndiGo Airlines has put Kerala ruling front Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) convenor EP Jayarajan and two Youth Congress workers on ‘no fly list’ over their unruly act inside the aircraft when Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was on board. The action was taken following Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) guidelines on unruly passengers, […]
Indian flight IndiGo’s Sharjah-Hyderabad flight diverted to Pakistan’s Karachi airport after glitch
Another Indian flight, a Hyderabad-bound IndiGo airliner from Sharjah was diverted to Pakistan’s Karachi airport after the pilot reported a technical defect. “IndiGo flight 6E-1406, operating from Sharjah to Hyderabad was diverted to Karachi. The pilot observed a technical defect. Necessary procedures were followed and as a precaution, the aircraft […]
IndiGo’s Vadodara-bound flight diverted to Jaipur after vibrations in engine
An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Vadodara was diverted to Jaipur on Thursday night as a precautionary measure following vibrations in the engine for a fraction of a second. An alternate aircraft was arranged for the onward journey of the passengers. The IndiGo spokesperson said, “An IndiGo flight 6E-859, operating between Delhi and Vadodara was diverted […]
Smoke detected in Raipur-Indore flight was ‘mist’: IndiGo
IndiGo Airlines on Thursday dismissed the media reports claimming that smoke was seen coming from a Raipur-Indore flight’s cabin during taxi after landing at Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport. Indigo Spokesperson on Thursday said,” The ‘Smoke’ reported in the cabin of its Raipur to Indore flight was actually “mist”. On […]
Jyotiraditya Scindia to personally investigate IndiGo case barring specially abled child to board flight
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday said that he himself will investigate the alleged incident of IndiGo airlines, which barred an adolescent child with special needs from boarding a plane along with his parents at the Ranchi airport on Saturday. The Union Minister said that there is zero-tolerance […]