INDIAN low-cost carrier (LCC) IndiGo Airlines is expanding beyond domestic services, and will offer a daily Delhi-Singapore flight from September 15. Dubai and Bangkok are its other preliminary international destinations.
IndiGo will operate a daily flight from Delhi to Dubai from September 1. Daily flights on the Delhi-Bangkok route will begin on September 8.
Starting October 2, the LCC will run daily Mumbai-Dubai and Mumbai–Bangkok services.
All flights will be operated using Airbus A320 aircraft configured for international operations.
The LCC will offer a promotional return fare of S$275 (US$223) on its Singapore-Delhi-Singapore service.
The carrier’s next tranche of international routes is expected to include Mumbai–Singapore, Mumbai–Muscat and Delhi–Kathmandu links, while expansion to Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Jeddah is also on the cards.
Indian start-up carriers are obliged to complete five years of domestic service before they can apply to operate on international routes. SpiceJet was the last Indian carrier to achieve this qualification (TTG Asia e-Daily, November 11, 2010).
