IndiGo To Add Flights To London, Athens And Nine More International Routes This Fiscal

IndiGo plans to add ten international destinations—London, Athens, Copenhagen, Siem Reap in Cambodia, Manchester, Amsterdam, and four Central Asian cities—by the end of this fiscal year ending March 2026. The expansion, part of its strategy to grow the share of international operations to 40% of total seat capacity over five years' time, will take the carrier's global network to 50.

The country's largest airline, which had announced the launch of long-haul direct flights from Mumbai to Manchester and Amsterdam starting in July, plans to begin services to London and Copenhagen as early as this winter.

"We have taken a couple of Boeing 787-9 aircraft to bridge the gap until our ordered A350s arrive, and these aircraft will help us operate flights to Manchester and Amsterdam," IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers told NDTV Profit. "By year-end, we will receive four more of these aircraft, which is when we plan to increase flight frequencies and expand to the new destinations."

IndiGo has signed an agreement with Norse Atlantic Airways for the damp lease of six Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, deliveries of which will be completed by March 2026. The A350’s are expected to arrive in 2027. Besides, the long range A321XLR is expected to join IndiGo’s fleet next fiscal, allowing the carrier to further expand its European network with direct connectivity to markets where Athens. Direct flights to Siem Reap will be IndiGo’s foray in the India-Cambodia market.

IndiGo will also restart services to Central Asia cities of Almaty and Tashkent. But instead of Delhi, they will be served from Mumbai.

The carrier had suspended its Delhi-Almaty and Delhi-Tashkent services after Pakistan closed its airspace to Indian airlines and aircraft from April 24 amid deteriorating diplomatic relations between the two countries in the wake of the terrorist attack in Pahalgam.

The airline had said that the circuitous route around Pakistan to reach these cities from Delhi was beyond the range of its narrow-body aircraft.

Georgian capital Tbilisi will also see additional capacity with non-stop connectivity from Mumbai. The airline will also add capacity to Denpasar Bali (Indonesia) as well as Ho Chi Mihn City and Hanoi in Vietnam.

With one new aircraft joining the fleet every week throughout fiscal 2026, IndiGo expects to surpass a fleet size of 600 aircraft by 2030, according to Elbers. The airline's current operating fleet stands at 434 aircraft.

"For IndiGo, the worst is over in terms of supply disruptions," the CEO said. "Our planes that are grounded have significantly reduced since last year, and we can see light at the end of the tunnel in terms of these aircraft on the ground." Currently, IndiGo has around 40 of its planes grounded. With improved engine supply from Pratt & Whitney and longer engine life between repairs, about 30 of these will return to active service. The remaining 10 will be released back to lessors as their lease terms expire.

In the domestic market, IndiGo plans to add four more destinations to its network, bringing total count to 95. It will be the first airline to start operations at Noida International Airport in Jewar, and the Navi Mumbai International Airport. "Both these airports will witness significant investments of capacity from IndiGo as it continues to strengthen the value proposition for the two large catchments that they represent," Elbers said.

In addition, IndiGo will launch flights to and from Adampur Airport in Jalandhar on July 1, 2025, and Hindon Airport in Ghaziabad in due course.