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IndiGo flight to Jeddah makes emergency landing in Pak, returns to Delhi

A Jeddah-bound IndiGo plane was diverted to the Karachi airport on Saturday due to a medical emergency on board and later flew back to Delhi. Sources in the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in Pakistan said the aircraft was in the Pakistani airspace when a male passenger fell seriously ill, following which the plane made an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. "There was a medical emergency on board IndiGo flight 6E 63, operating from Delhi to Jeddah," the airline said in a statement. IndiGo said the captain diverted the flight to Karachi, where a doctor attended to the passenger upon arrival. "After completing the necessary formalities, the flight departed Karachi and returned to its origin to provide further assistance to the medical passenger," the airline said, adding, after the passenger was deboarded in Delhi, the flight departed for Jeddah. According to Geo News, the passenger was a 55-year-old Indian man. Sources in the CAA said the flight's pil

IndiGo to send two planes to bring back stranded passengers from Istanbul

IndiGo is sending two planes to Istanbul to bring back passengers stranded in the Turkish capital after their flight to Delhi was cancelled on Friday due to a technical issue. On Thursday, hundreds of IndiGo passengers were stuck at Istanbul airport after their flights to Delhi and Mumbai were delayed. They were stranded for over 24 hours, and many took to social media to complain about the delays and lack of facilities. There was a cascading effect on the airline's scheduled flights on the two routes. IndiGo, on Friday evening, said all necessary steps were taken to ensure customers were apprised and provided with refreshments and accommodation, where possible. On Saturday, IndiGo said its flight 6E 12, operating from Istanbul to Delhi, was cancelled due to a technical issue. The cancellation happened on Friday. The airline operates two daily flights to Istanbul with leased Boeing 777 aircraft -- one from Delhi and another from Mumbai. "Alternative aircraft have been arranged t

IndiGo to offer business class seats on select Delhi-Bengaluru flights

Domestic carrier IndiGo on Monday said it will start offering business class seats on select flights to customers on the Delhi-Bengaluru route, starting January 10. Named as Indigo Stretch, the Gurugram-based airline's tailor-made business class product made its debut on the Delhi-Mumbai route last month. All 15 daily flights between Delhi and Bengaluru will be operated with aircraft configured with these business class seats by March next year while by early January 2025, all 20 daily flights between Delhi and Mumbai will have these business class seats, IndiGo said. "In line with our announcement to serve 12 Indian routes with our business class product, IndiGoStretch, we have added Delhi-Bengaluru as our second route. Soon, we will announce IndiGoStretch on flights between Delhi and Chennai," said Pieter Elbers, Chief Executive Officer at IndiGo. Customers booking business class seats on IndiGo can avail of complimentary benefits such as priority check-in, anytime boarding, adva

Expressing regret, IndiGo refunds ticket to passenger who fell on ramp

IndiGo on Thursday expressed deep regret to a passenger who complained that he was hurt after falling on the ramp while getting down from an aircraft at the Delhi airport in August. Full refund of the ticket has also been given to the passenger. The passenger, in a series of posts on X, said on August 14, half way down the ramp, his right foot suddenly slipped on a moist patch and he fell down. Later, he was taken to hospital. Post the incident, the passenger, who came to Delhi from Chennai, said, "I have been unable to walk since mid Aug, with potential full recovery at least a year away." IndiGo said the airline deeply regrets the inconvenience experienced by the passenger during his travel last August. "Our ground staff offered immediate support and helped the customer with medical attention. Both the airport and the IndiGo teams checked right away the equipment and found the ramp dry and in perfect working condition, being used by numerous other passengers without any issue ..

Should you buy or sell IndiGo shares after worst airline rankings?

Technically, IndiGo stock seems to be facing resistance around its 100-DMA on the daily chart; however, the short- and the long-term trend seems favourable for the stock.

Consistently scored high on punctuality, says IndiGo; refutes survey result

IndiGo on Wednesday said it has consistently scored high on punctuality, and refuted a survey that claimed the airline is among the worst on the basis of certain parameters, including punctuality. The survey was done by by AirHelp, an EU claim processing agency. It compared the world's biggest and most popular airlines and rated them according to their punctuality, quality of service, and how well they handle claims for compensation. In a statement, IndiGo said the data published in the survey does not report the sample size from India, and neither takes into account the methodology or compensation guidelines used by the global aviation industry "casting a doubt on its credibility". According to the statement, the airline has consistently scored high on punctuality and has the lowest customer complaint ratio for an airline of its size and scale of operations. "As India's most preferred airline, IndiGo refutes the findings of this survey and reiterates its promise of on-time, ...

Mahindra names its new electric car BE 6E, and IndiGo decides to sue

IndiGo files a trademark suit against Mahindra Electric over the use of '6E' in its upcoming BE 6E electric car, citing brand dilution and potential consumer confusion

IndiGo working with govt to extend wet lease of Boeing 777 planes

IndiGo is working with the civil aviation ministry to explore the possibility of extending the wet lease of wide-body Boeing 777 planes from Turkish Airlines as the existing lease period is ending this week. Currently, IndiGo is operating two wet-leased Boeing 777 planes for flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Istanbul. These are also the only two wide-body aircraft that are in the fleet of the airline, which is India's largest carrier with a domestic market share of over 62 per cent. These aircraft were wet-leased to cater to the rising demand for international travel from India. IndiGo started operating its first wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft on the Delhi- Istanbul route from February 1, 2023, and began operating the Boeing 777 plane on the Mumbai-Istanbul route from May 17, 2023. Sources in the know said the airline has not received an extension for continuing with the wet lease of the aircraft. When contacted, an IndiGo spokesperson on Monday told PTI that the airline is "working

IndiGo announces new flights to bolster accessibility across East, NE India

IndiGo airline on Friday announced a number of new flights and resumption of operations in its winter schedule to bolster connectivity to eastern and northeastern India. The airline announced additional frequencies on the Kolkata-Bangkok route. The new frequencies will operate on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, starting from November 24, the airline said in a statement. With the new frequencies, the airline will have 11 weekly flights to Bangkok, sources in the airline said. The airline also announced new direct flights between Guwahati and Dimapur, and resumption of operations between Guwahati and Ahmedabad, operating daily from December 10. An IndiGo statement also said that from October 29, the airline has begun maiden direct flights connecting Agartala and Dibrugarh. The tri-weekly flights operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. According to the statement, these operations will bolster domestic connectivity and provide business and leisure travellers with ..

Southwest Airlines names IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal as Chairman

Billionaire and IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal has been appointed as the Chairman of American carrier Southwest Airlines. Gangwal, who joined the board of Southwest in July this year, had also acquired shares worth USD 108 million of the airline recently. His appointment as the board chair comes a little over a week after Southwest settled issues with Elliott Investment Management, one of the airline's largest shareholders, that had sought sweeping changes at the carrier. On Monday, Southwest announced the appointment of Gangwal as the independent Chair of the Board of Directors and also named new Board Committee Chairs. "We are embarking on the next era of change at Southwest as we build upon its many successes and storied past. Our critical priority as a newly constituted board is to come together to work closely with Bob Jordan and the rest of the management team to return the carrier to superior financial performance," Gangwal said in a statement. Jordan is the President, Chi

Aircraft grounding crisis has peaked, says IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers

"We've turned the corner," Chief Executive Officer Pieter Elbers said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Tuesday

1 out of 6 Nifty 500 stock falls over 20%; Time to worry or cherry pick?

Many quality small- and medium-cap stocks have become appealing buys, and the medium-to-long-term outlook remains robust due to economic factors, said G Chokkalingam of Equinomics Research.

IndiGo skids 13%, hits six-month low on net loss of Rs 987 crore in Q2

Analysts have cut IndiGo share price target for 2025 after the InterGlobe Aviation-owned airline reported a deep net loss of Rs 987 crore in Q2 FY25

IndiGo reports net loss of Rs 987 crore in Q2FY25 due to high fuel costs

Aircraft groundings peaked to 'mid-70s' but situation is easing

IndiGo Q2 results: Airline posts Rs 986 cr loss due to higher fuel costs

The country's largest airline IndiGo on Friday reported a net loss of Rs 986.7 crore in the three months ended September, impacted by grounding of planes and higher fuel costs. The carrier had a profit of Rs 188.9 crore in the year-ago period, according to a release. IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers said the airline's growth and expansion continued as the topline grew by 14.6 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the September quarter to Rs 17,800 crore. "In a traditionally weaker second quarter, results were further impacted by headwinds related to groundings and fuel costs. We have turned the corner as the number of grounded aircraft and associated costs have started reducing," he said. In the second quarter of this fiscal, the airline's fuel costs climbed 12.8 per cent to Rs 6,605.2 crore.

Q2 results today: Indigo and Macrotech among 148 to post earnings on Oct 25

Q2FY25 company results: Bharat Petroleum, Hindustan Petroleum, Bharat Electronics, and Zee Media are among 148 companies to release their quarter earnings report on October 25

IndiGo Q2 results preview: Analysts expect net loss, margin erosion

IndiGo share price: Analysts, however, are divided on IndiGo's earnings for the quarter amid likely hit on volumes due to Delhi Airport roof collapse case and marginally higher fuel prices

IndiGo's Riyadh-Mumbai flight diverted due to security alert, lands safely

A Riyadh-Mumbai flight of IndiGo was diverted to Muscat following a "security alert" on Wednesday morning and it landed safely, the airline said here. The aircraft is currently grounded in Muscat, IndiGo said in a statement. Notably, several flights have received threats that turned out to be hoax in the last few days. "Flight 6E 74, operating from Riyadh to Mumbai, was redirected to Muscat due to a security-related alert. The aircraft has been isolated, and all passengers have been safely disembarked," the airline statement said. It did not reveal the number of passengers and crew on board or other details. "Ensuring the safety and security of our customers and crew remains paramount in all facets of our operations. We are working closely with the relevant authorities, and standard operating procedures are being followed," IndiGo said.

Will walk alongside Air India: IndiGo MD Bhatia pays tribute to Tata

Paying tribute to late Ratan Tata, InterGlobe Enterprises Group Managing Director Rahul Bhatia on Thursday said IndiGo will walk alongside Air India to secure the country's rightful seat at the centre stage of global aviation. "As we all know, Mr. Tata had a deep passion for flying machines, and I was only too pleased to see Air India return to where it truly belonged," Bhatia said in a statement. Tata, who was the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, passed away on Wednesday night. "While I am much too small a man to say this, in tribute to Mr Tata's love for flight and his vision for the future of Indian Aviation, IndiGo will, ever so modestly, walk alongside Air India to secure India's rightful seat at the centre stage of global aviation," Bhatia said. InterGlobe Enterprises is the parent of the country's largest airline IndiGo. Bhatia also recalled that he had the occasion to engage with Tata and that was when he returned from college in 1985. According to Bhatia, they discussed t

Airport systems effective, will take time to achieve full normalcy: IndiGo

Earlier today, IndiGo said that it is facing a temporary system slowdown across its network, which is affecting its website and bookings