Budget carrier IndiGo will commence international operations from September 1 with the launch of its Delhi-Dubai daily flights.
The low-cost, no-frill carrier will launch its Delhi-Singapore flight on September 8, Delhi-Bangkok on September 15 and Mumbai-Bangkok and Mumbai-Dubai flights on October 2.
"We are launching our international operations to Dubai, Singapore and Bangkok from this September. Keeping the stiff competition in mind, the all-inclusive return fare for any of the destinations would be Rs 9,999 only," IndiGo Chief Executive Officer Aditya Ghosh said.
The airline is offering 25,000 seats on this inaugural fare, he said.
The carrier has also applied for flights to Dhaka and Bangkok from Kolkata, which is likely to begin next year, he said, adding that there are options of operating more flights on international sectors as 34% of the route authority from Indian side were yet to be utilised.
On Indigo's expansion plan, Ghosh said there are around 400-odd commercial aircraft and keeping in mind the population versus aircraft ratio there is need for 60 aircraft per month.
The country's second largest airline, which has a present fleet of 39 aircraft, has placed an order of 180 more Airbus-320 to Airbus Industrie.