Summary
- IndiGo has expanded its international operations by launching a Mumbai-Jakarta flight, becoming the primary airline to directly connect the 2 cities.
- The airline deploys its Airbus A320neo aircraft for this each day service, which takes somewhat over 6 hours to finish.
- This Jakarta route is an element of IndiGo’s larger international expansion plan, with upcoming flights to Baku and a recently launched service to Kenya.
IndiGo has began flying to Jakarta in Indonesia from Mumbai as a part of its recent international expansion in Asia, amongst other regions. The airline has been massively scaling its overseas operations and recently also launched its first service to Africa with a flight to Nairobi, Kenya from Mumbai.
Mumbai-Jakarta flight
On August seventh, IndiGo operated its first flight to Jakarta from India’s industrial capital Mumbai. Jakarta is IndiGo’s twenty eighth international and 106th overall destination. With this, IndiGo has also turn into the primary airline to directly connect Mumbai with the Indonesian capital. Vinay Malhotra, head of worldwide sales at IndiGo, commented,
Photo: Media_works / Shutterstock
Big international plans
The service to Jakarta is an element of IndiGo’s larger international expansion plan. Recently, the airline also operated its first flight to Africa when it flew between Mumbai and Nairobi in Kenya. Soon the carrier may even start flying to Baku in Azerbaijan, which will likely be its thirtieth international destination and 108th overall destination within the network.
IndiGo already commands somewhat over 35% of the international market served by Indian airlines. Its head of worldwide sales, Vinay Malhotra, told the Deccan Herald that the carrier’s flights to Singapore, Thailand, Maldives, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka are all doing pretty much.
Photo: BoeingMan777/Shutterstock
Through its codeshare partnership with Turkish Airlines, IndiGo also gives convenient connections to several European and US destinations, including eight each day flights to the UK. He highlighted that the airline is keen on exploring geographical locations inside 6–7 hours of range, quite suited to the sort of aircraft it flies.
In the approaching years, as IndiGo acquires the long-range Airbus A321XLRs, it could even fly on to destinations within the Far East in addition to Europe. The airline has almost 1,000 aircraft on order from Airbus, with deliveries spread over the following decade.
What are your views on this? Please leave a comment below.