Indigo Airlines

IndiGo To Give 25% Discount On Airfare To Doctors, Nurses Till End Of 2020

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 2, 2020

IndiGo said today that it will give a 25 percent discount on the airfare to doctors and nurses till the end of 2020 as they are at the forefront of the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

IndiGo Airlines Plans To Share Crucial Data With Weather Department

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 19, 2020

Amid the coronavirus-triggered lockdown, IndiGo said today that its aircraft will provide crucial data on wind, humidity and temperature during all flight operations to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to help it make accurate weather predictions.

IndiGo Airlines Announces Salary Cut For Senior Employees Starting May

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 8, 2020

IndiGo will be cutting the salaries of senior employees starting May and also implement a "limited, graded leave without pay program" for the months of May, June and July, its CEO Ronojoy Dutta said today.

IndiGo Rolls Back Pay Cut In April Salary In Deference To Government's Wishes

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 23, 2020

IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta told employees today that the airline has decided to roll back the pay cuts, which were announced earlier for senior staff members, for the month of April in deference to the "government''s wishes".

Coronavirus Lockdown: IndiGo To "Resume Flight Services From May 4 In Phased Manner"

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 14, 2020

IndiGo today said it will resume flight services from May 4 in a phased manner.

Airline Industry Crisis Deepens As Coronavirus Pain Spreads

Business | Reuters | Thursday March 19, 2020

Crisis for airlines deepened on as Lufthansa warned the industry might not survive without state aid if the coronavirus pandemic lasts a long time.

As 4 Airlines Ground Comedian Kunal Kamra, Twitter Flags "Hypocrisy"

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Wednesday January 29, 2020

Moments after comedian Kunal Kamra was banned by IndiGo Airlines for heckling a TV channel editor on one of its flights on Tuesday, the government announced that it was urging other airlines to do the same. On cue, Air India, SpiceJet and GoAir declared they had banned Mr Kamra.

IndiGo Suffers Engine Failure Mid-Air Again, 21st In NEO Fleet Since 2018

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Thursday January 16, 2020

One hundred and seventy six passengers, including three infants, were aboard IndiGO flight 6E-6129, a flight between Pune and Jaipur, when the pilot declared a full emergency because of an engine stall. The plane was diverted to Mumbai.

IndiGo Planes With Faulty Engines Face Catastrophic Situation: Regulator

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Tuesday November 26, 2019

Worried by an alert by the US aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA has warned IndiGo Airlines that its Airbus A-320 NEO airliners could face a catastrophic situationif they continue to operate with unmodified engines.

Indigo Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Chennai After Smoke Alarm: Report

Chennai News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 20, 2019

An Indigo aircraft from Coimbatore carrying 168 passengers made an emergency landing in Chennai following detection of a smoke alarm today, airport officials said.

Replacing Pratt Engines In IndiGo Fleet By End Of January A Challenge: CEO

Business | Reuters | Monday November 18, 2019

Low cost carrier IndiGo is Airbus' biggest client for A320neo planes, and while the United Technologies' P&W engines are fuel efficient there have been issues since they entered service in 2016, forcing the airline to ground its planes several times.

IndiGo Says Systems Back To Normal After Outage Hits Flyers

India News | Reuters | Monday November 4, 2019

India's largest airline IndiGo said on Monday its flights and check-in systems were running normally, after an hours-long outage hit operations at airports, leading to long queues and hassling passengers.IndiGo said earlier its systems had been down across the network since Monday morning.

IndiGo Asked To Replace Pratt And Whitney Engines In A320 Neo Aircraft

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday November 1, 2019

Stating "desperate measures" were required to "put things in order", aviation regulator DGCA told IndiGo airlines on Friday to replace the Pratt and Whitney (PW) engines under both wings of 97 A320neo aircraft "at all costs" by January 31 or they would be grounded.

IndiGo Employee, Girlfriend Caught Using Fake ID At Kochi Airport: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 29, 2019

An IndiGo airline employee and his friend were caught at Kochi airport in Kerala for using a fake identification (ID) card to get concessional air tickets, officials said today.

2 IndiGo Pilots Suspended For 3 Months For Active Runway Incursion

India News | ANI | Tuesday October 1, 2019

The civil aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday suspended two pilots of IndiGo airlines for three months over a runway incursion at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.