The airline currently has 300 planes in its fleet. This means that to garner 50 percent market share in 2033, IndiGo would need to double the planes it has now. India’s home market and fleet doubles every nine to ten years. The airline could now look at longer leases for its planes, moving away from the earlier six-year cycle, which anyway had to be changed due to the delay in delivery of the A320neo and subsequent issues with Pratt & Whitney powered engines. IndiGo wants to double its fleet by the end of this decade, which means it is likely to have 600 aircraft by 2030. This is over double the total order Air India has placed with Airbus and Boeing.Īlso Read: IndiGo places bumper order for 500 Airbus aircraft at Paris Air Show The airline now has a backlog of over 970 aircraft from Airbus for the A320neo and the A321neo. This could also just be bait to push Pratt & Whitney to address the current issues so that it feels it has a chance to win the new order.
The engine choice is also to be decided at a later date, indicating that there may still be scope for Pratt & Whitney to make a comeback. IndiGo has time to decide the split between the A320neo and the A321neo, along with the variants of the A321neo. The airline will take deliveries of this order between 20, with the existing backlog taking care of deliveries until 2029. The purchase agreement was signed by Pieter Elbers, IndiGo’s CEO, in the presence of Rahul Bhatia, the carrier’s co-founder. On the first day, the Indian airline ordered 500 A320neo family aircraft from Airbus. The Paris Air Show started with a bang for IndiGo and Airbus.
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