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 […]

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 […]

‘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 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 […]

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 […]