IndiGo starts low-cost services from Dubai to India

IndiGo Airline, India’s second largest budget carrier, begins its low-cost airline services from the UAE to Delhi, India.
 
IndiGo branches out of its domestic routes for the first time. The inaugural flight carried 162 passengers from Delhi to Dubai on September 1. They started of their international fleet with a bumper promotional gimmick. The airline has offered record low round-trip airfare of Dh816 for the first 25,000 seats on the Delhi-Dubai route.

"We promise the best on-time performance, consistently low fares and a generally hassle-free travel experience," said Aditya Ghosh, IndiGo Airline president to Khaleej Times.

 
IndiGo’s model follows a single aircraft type, and short-distance travel routes (allowing for quick turnaround times), mirroring those of low-cost carriers like Ryanair in Europe, Southwest in America and AirAsia that handles most routes in the Far East.

IndiGo's success story back in India will help them generate some royal customers. In the recent years it has also seen rapid rise to stardom within India’s highly competitive aviation industry.

Dubai residents show positive approach to this development but the biggest question remains what will happen to airfares after the promotion ends. A slight sense of scepticism seems evident among the passengers.

A greater variety of low-cost airlines travelling to wider destinations could be a good thing for the budget-conscious, but the sector fails to make an impression on the luxury-loving segment of our population who need their first class seats and extra leg room.

But for frequent flyers and Indian expats who wish to cut corners when flying home, IndiGo can be seen as one more option in a myriad of low-cost carriers flying out of the city.

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