{"id":29745,"date":"2023-03-24T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T08:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=29745"},"modified":"2023-03-24T14:00:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T08:30:24","slug":"by-the-end-of-2024-indigo-plans-to-have-350-aircraft-in-its-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/24\/by-the-end-of-2024-indigo-plans-to-have-350-aircraft-in-its-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"By the end of 2024, IndiGo plans to have 350 aircraft in its fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>As many as 490 aircraft are expected to join IndiGo&#8217;s fleet by the end of the decade, and the airline expects to carry 100 million passengers in FY24. IndiGo now holds a market share of 55% in the domestic market.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-indigo\">IndiGo <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By the conclusion of the fiscal year in 24 (FY24), <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goindigo.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IndiGo <\/a><\/strong>expects to have a fleet of 350 aircraft, a 14% increase from FY23. According to a presentation given at the analyst meeting on March 23, the airline firm also wants to increase its size and scope by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/indigo-go-first-face-p-w-engine-headwinds-over-50-planes-on-ground-1024x536.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29345\" width=\"1036\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/indigo-go-first-face-p-w-engine-headwinds-over-50-planes-on-ground-1024x536.webp 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/indigo-go-first-face-p-w-engine-headwinds-over-50-planes-on-ground-600x314.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/indigo-go-first-face-p-w-engine-headwinds-over-50-planes-on-ground-300x157.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/indigo-go-first-face-p-w-engine-headwinds-over-50-planes-on-ground-768x402.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/indigo-go-first-face-p-w-engine-headwinds-over-50-planes-on-ground-750x393.webp 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/indigo-go-first-face-p-w-engine-headwinds-over-50-planes-on-ground-1140x597.webp 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/indigo-go-first-face-p-w-engine-headwinds-over-50-planes-on-ground.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1036px) 100vw, 1036px\" \/><figcaption><strong>IndiGo | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With a market share of 55% and plans to add up to 490 aircraft to its fleet by the end of the decade, including several Airbus XLRs that will allow it reach Europe, Air India is the largest domestic carrier in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-interglobe-aviation-limited\">InterGlobe Aviation Limited<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The share price of InterGlobe Aviation Limited, which runs <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goindigo.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IndiGo<\/a><\/strong>, was down around 0.3 percent on the NSE at 10:50 am and trading at Rs 1,901.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goindigo.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IndiGo <\/a>has more orders than its competitors, the airline&#8217;s management claimed it is unclear what the forecast for capacity increase by competitors is. It holds that given the promising demand future for India&#8217;s aviation industry, competition cannot be disregarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 100 million passenger increase from FY23 is also anticipated by Indigo for FY24. With 104 total destinations, 78 of which are domestic and the remaining 15 are international, it also plans to increase that number by 10 to 15 by the end of FY24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/indigonew-k9II-621x414@LiveMint-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29725\" width=\"1038\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/indigonew-k9II-621x414@LiveMint-1.webp 621w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/indigonew-k9II-621x414@LiveMint-1-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/indigonew-k9II-621x414@LiveMint-1-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1038px) 100vw, 1038px\" \/><figcaption><strong>IndiGo | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read         <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/20\/india-eases-aircraft-leasing-rules-to-address-aircraft-shortages-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India Eases Aircraft Leasing Rules To Address Aircraft Shortages | Exclusive<\/a>                 <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/15\/pakyong-airport-in-sikkim-resumes-flight-operations-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakyong Airport In Sikkim Resumes Flight Operations | Exclusive<\/a>                         <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/from-march-26-air-india-will-operate-direct-flights-between-pune-and-mumbai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">From March 26, Air India will operate direct flights between Pune and Mumbai<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With seven other airlines, Indigo has code-sharing agreements, and it is actively seeking out new ones. Within the next one to two years, it wants to raise its available seat kilometer (ASK) to 30%, which is a gauge of an airline&#8217;s potential to carry passengers and earn money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">As a result of the expansion, the airline will hire rapidly.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The brokerage company Macquarie has rated IndiGo as &#8220;outperform&#8221; and set a target price of Rs 2,600 for the stock. It thinks the business&#8217;s foreign growth will fuel its ensuing phase of growth, and momentum will continue until FY24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>With a price target of Rs 2,400, CITI has assigned a &#8220;buy&#8221; rating. It claimed that, after accounting for seasonality, the airline&#8217;s current yield trends are generally robust.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Kotak Institutional Equities, significant stock overhang may still exist due to the anticipated sale of Gangwal&#8217;s holding, volatility in crude prices, and foreign exchange. On the airline stock, it still has a &#8220;buy&#8221; recommendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IndiGo-Airlines-1024x390-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28405\" width=\"1033\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IndiGo-Airlines-1024x390-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IndiGo-Airlines-1024x390-1-600x229.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IndiGo-Airlines-1024x390-1-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IndiGo-Airlines-1024x390-1-768x293.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IndiGo-Airlines-1024x390-1-750x286.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1033px) 100vw, 1033px\" \/><figcaption><strong>IndiGo | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Since fuel accounts for more than 40% of expenditures, Jefferies anticipates that Indigo would gain from the recent drop in crude oil prices; nonetheless, it maintains a &#8220;underperformed&#8221; rating on the airline due to its belief that growing competition intensity could have an impact in the medium run.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>stay updated with Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the end of 2024, IndiGo plans to have 350 aircraft in its fleet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7215,7216,6761],"tags":[313,392,79,2030,393,115,234,81],"class_list":{"0":"post-29745","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airline-news","8":"category-aviation-news","9":"category-news","10":"tag-aircraft","11":"tag-airlines-news","12":"tag-aviation","13":"tag-aviation-a2z-news","14":"tag-aviation-news","15":"tag-india","16":"tag-indigo","17":"tag-latest-aviation-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29746,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29745\/revisions\/29746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}