IndiGo, India’s airline of alternative, closes 2025 as a milestone in its journey to turn out to be a very international airline. The yr noticed accelerated community enlargement, the launch of long-haul providers, constant passenger development, worldwide recognition and key operational classes for IndiGo. The airline desires to give attention to constructing on the momentum and persevering with its development path because it enters the brand new yr. Guided by IndiGo’s buyer guarantees of on-time efficiency, courteous and hassle-free service, inexpensive fares, an unparalleled community and an unwavering dedication to security, the airline expects to finish calendar yr 2025 with over 123 million prospects, a rise of over 10 million in comparison with 113 million prospects in calendar yr 2024, strengthening its place among the many Prime 10 international airways. The working atmosphere offered durations of industry-wide challenges this yr, together with IndiGo’s main operational disruption (December 3 – 5, 2025), which sadly impacted the airline’s valued prospects, for which IndiGo has apologized profusely.
The airline has shortly returned its community and operations to regular and continues to give attention to additional strengthening its operational processes and resilience. Within the meantime, IndiGo is absolutely cooperating and offering the requested data to the regulator’s committee. 2025 was an enormous yr for IndiGo, and for the nation, because the airline hosted the IATA Annual Normal Assembly (AGM) in Delhi, welcoming the worldwide aviation group to India and underscoring the nation’s rising significance on the worldwide aviation stage. Crossing New Frontiers: Coming into the Period of Lengthy-haul Flights Consistent with its internationalization technique, IndiGo has made important progress through the yr by coming into into long-haul operations. The airline launched continuous, direct flights connecting India to Manchester and Amsterdam, adopted by providers to Copenhagen and London, considerably bettering direct connectivity between India and Europe. In the course of the yr, IndiGo launched 10 new worldwide locations and 30 new worldwide routes, reflecting the airline’s dedication to increasing international connectivity and providing extra journey choices to its prospects. These long-haul flights have been made doable by the introduction of wide-body Boeing 787-9 plane in partnership with Norse Atlantic Airways and marked a significant milestone in IndiGo’s development trajectory. The long-haul launches have been complemented by an enhanced in-flight expertise, together with the introduction of complimentary scorching meals on choose worldwide flights, reflecting IndiGo’s evolving product proposition for longer-haul journey. In the course of the yr, IndiGo additional expanded its worldwide presence with the addition of Seychelles, Krabi, Madinah, Fujairah and Siem Reap. IndiGo led the restart of direct flights between India and China and resumed flights to Guangzhou from Kolkata and launched flights from Delhi.
Trying forward, IndiGo will launch continuous providers to Athens from January 23, 2026, which may even mark the worldwide debut of India’s first Airbus A321XLR, unlocking the huge potential to connect with new medium to long-haul markets from the nation. Energy at Dwelling: Deepening Home Connectivity Whereas worldwide development accelerated, the home market remained the core of IndiGo’s community technique. In the course of the yr, IndiGo launched operations at Navi Mumbai Worldwide Airport and new airports at Purnea and Rewa, strengthening connectivity to rising regional centres. The airline has additional added Hindon, Adampur (Jalandhar), Kishangarh and Bikaner to its home community and is getting ready to start operations from Noida Worldwide Airport (Jewar) in the end, strengthening its dedication to India’s creating aviation infrastructure. Collectively, this may carry IndiGo’s community to a complete of 139 locations by the tip of the yr, of which 97 are home and 42 are worldwide locations. Strengthening Scale: Fleet, Merchandise and Buyer Engagement IndiGo strengthened its long-term fleet technique by doubling its order for Airbus A350-900 widebody plane to 60, reflecting confidence within the long-term development of worldwide journey from India. The airline additionally marked the yr of IndiGoStretch, its tailored dual-class cabin product, which is step by step increasing on key home and worldwide routes, with a complete of 42 plane flying the dual-class providing. On the similar time, IndiGo accomplished a yr of BluChip, its loyalty program, which has grown to over 9 million members, strengthening buyer engagement and model affinity.
Stronger Collectively: Partnerships and Codeshare Alliances Recognizing that sturdy partnerships are a cornerstone of worldwide development, IndiGo continued to increase and deepen its international alliances all year long. The airline has signed and strengthened codeshare partnerships with main worldwide airways, unlocking seamless connectivity throughout North America, Europe and Asia. These partnerships enhance community entry, enhance buyer alternative and strengthen IndiGo’s international worth proposition in key markets worldwide. Regular operational excellence The airline flies a couple of million prospects each three days and expects to welcome over 123 million prospects and carry greater than 55,000 tonnes of cargo within the calendar yr 2025. IndiGo operated a median of greater than 2,200 flights per day, whereas sustaining the industry-leading OTP for the overwhelming majority of the yr (10 out of 12 months), with a gradual give attention to security. IndiGo has additionally signed an MOU with the Bangalore Worldwide Airport Ltd. (BIAL) to construct world-class Upkeep, Restore and Overhaul (MRO) infrastructure that can assist form the way forward for Indian aviation by creating a holistic, self-sustainable aviation ecosystem within the nation.
Pieter Elbers, Chief Govt Officer of IndiGo, stated: “Having beforehand laid the constructing blocks of our technique – In the direction of new heights and throughout new frontiers, IndiGo noticed main strides within the execution of our technique in 2025 and progressed to the following part to turn out to be a significant airline of world scale. Now we have made progress on all fronts: prospects, merchandise, home and worldwide community, cargo, MRO, India’s hub perform, and many others. and we have now managed to develop from to develop from power to power, underneath authorities management. Thanks to our prospects who selected IndiGo, and to all my 65,000 colleagues for his or her continued efforts and dedication to our prospects.” “As we enter the brand new yr, there is a chance to replicate on the story thus far, take inventory of the progress made and be taught from the operational challenges we have now encountered. That is the purpose in our journey the place our renewed focus will drive additional scale, innovation and impression throughout new boundaries, conserving our prospects on the coronary heart,” he added. Recognition and Scale In the course of the yr, IndiGo was acknowledged because the Finest Airline in India and South Asia on the Skytrax World Airline Awards, reaffirming buyer confidence within the model. IndiGo additionally stays among the many high 20 airways producing greater than $10 billion in annual revenues worldwide, reflecting the dimensions, effectivity and sustained development constructed over practically 20 years of operations.
Trying forward With a sharper give attention to future development, IndiGo is all set to introduce India’s first Airbus A321XLR, launch continuous providers to Athens and proceed worldwide enlargement within the new yr whereas densifying its home community. The teachings realized from the previous yr will allow IndiGo to boost its operational reliability, ship on its technique of “To New Heights and Past New Frontiers” and keep true to its goal of uplifting the nation.