This Indian Airline To Carry 11.2 Crore Passengers In 2024, Can Become Largest Player In World

IndiGo expects to carry 112 million or 11.2 crore passengers in 2024, and is on the way to become a leading player in global aviation, its chief Pieter Elbers has said. In 2023, the country's largest airline has flown over 100 million or 10 crore passengers.

IndiGo Emerging As Largest Player: CEO Comments

India is one of the world's fastest-growing civil aviation markets and IndiGo, which has a domestic market share of 63.6 per cent, is also expanding its international network. In a statement to PTI on the outlook for 2025, CEO Elbers said A321 XLRs will be arriving next year. These narrow-body planes have a longer range and will help the airline to start longer-duration direct international flights.

IndiGo, flying for the last 18 years, has a fleet of over 400 aircraft and also placed an order for 30 wide body A350-900 wide bodies. "An airline so young expects to welcome over 112 million customers in 2024, after crossing the 100 million annual customers bar last year," Elbers said. Aligning with India's vision to establish itself as an aviation hub, he said the airline is on its way to becoming one of the global leaders in aviation. 

Indigo : Not A Smooth Flight

Recently, a woman had raised an alarm when she was robbed on an Indigo flight.

The user, named Trisha Shetty wrote, "My mom got robbed on your flight 6E 17. The flight crew kept her handbag in the overhead. When she fell asleep, a passenger took her bag. Luckily she woke up when he was replacing her bag. Your crew refused to help her file a complaint. They made excuses for thief."

"It’s thanks to fellow passengers who supported mom that she got her stuff back. Many other passengers complained that the thief was also going through their stuff. Your crew handled the situation terribly. Hoping to have this resolved, being robbed mid air is deeply troubling." Shetty wrote in an additional post.

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