IndiGo (6E/IGO) operated its first common flight with a large physique plane on February 1st, 2023, marking the inauguration of its new and first path to Europe, Delhi (DEL/VIDP) – Istanbul (IST/LTFM). The plane used was a Turkish Airways (TK/THY) Boeing 777-300(ER) registered TC-LKA, below a damp lease settlement. Initially, this settlement was scheduled to run till Could 2025, however the Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted IndiGo a remaining three-month extension.
As you possibly can see by way of our database, on February 1st, 2023 at 07:24 native time, the inaugural flight to Istanbul departed Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport. It landed within the Turkish metropolis at 11:41 native time after a 6-hour and 47-minute flight.
The plane carried out the Delhi-Istanbul route till Could thirtieth, 2023, being changed by one other Boeing 777-300(ER). Since then, flights 6E11 and 6E12 are often operated on the 777 with registration TC-LKE, which has a high-density seating configuration.
In Could 2023, IndiGo inaugurated its second route with extensive physique plane, additionally centered on the India-Türkiye market and performed by Turkish Airways’ Boeing 777-300(ER). This Triple Seven, registered TC-LKB, commenced providers for IndiGo on Could seventeenth, 2023 with flight 6E17/6E18 between Mumbai (BOM/VABB) and Istanbul (IST/LTFM), which it lined till late June 2023. As of July 2023, the route started to be supplied by Turkish Boeing 777-300(ER) plane configured for 531 passengers (TC-LKD or TC-LKE).
IndiGo confirmed its first main enlargement into Europe by April 2025, with the launch of two new scheduled routes. As with Istanbul, these providers have been deliberate to be operated by plane from different airways, with Norse Atlantic Airways (N0/NBT) being chosen on this case, below one other damp lease settlement.
Amsterdam (AMS/EHAM) and Manchester (MAN/EGCC) have joined IndiGo’s common schedule from/to Mumbai airport, providing three weekly flights on every route. Each connections, which began in early July 2025, are carried out by the identical plane: Norse’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with registry LN-FNC.
In distinction to Turkish’s Boeing 777-300(ER), the 787-9 didn’t obtain the IndiGo livery, however does have the airline’s titles on the fuselage. The plane seats 338 passengers in two courses (56 seats in Premium and 282 seats in Economic system), the identical configuration it had when flying for Norwegian Air UK between Could 2018 and March 2020.
IndiGo at present has 20 flights every week with extensive physique plane, all of them between India and Europe. These are their schedules and frequencies.
Delhi – Istanbul
Day by day
With this schedule, IndiGo presents 7,434 weekly seats between India and Türkiye and vice versa, with 3,717 seats per week on every route. Of the three,717 seats, 49 are in Enterprise and three,668 are in Economic system.
Mumbai – Istanbul
Day by day
August thirty first, 2025, shall be IndiGo’s final flight with Turkish Airways’ Boeing 777-300(ER) plane. At first, the Indian airline had requested a six-month extension, which was rejected, but it surely did handle to acquire a three-month extension.
Mumbai – Amsterdam
IndiGo Airways’ inaugural flight departed Mumbai for Amsterdam at 05:47 native time on July 2nd, the place it landed at 11:00 native time. The Dutch capital joins IndiGo’s community for the primary time.
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
It’ll enhance its flights from three to 4 every week as of September twenty second.
Mumbai – Manchester
At 04:37 native time on July 1st, IndiGo’s first flight to Manchester took off from Chhatrapati Shivaji Worldwide Airport. As with the Netherlands, this new route marks the corporate’s first foray into the UK.
Mumbai-Manchester would be the longest route in its community, each by way of distance and whole flight time.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Efficient September twenty third, IndiGo will present day by day flights on this route.
IndiGo has an essential worldwide schedule from India, with flights to Africa, East Asia, Europe, the Center East and Southeast Asia. Mumbai is its foremost worldwide base, with flights to Bahrain, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Maldives, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
Ahmedabad (AMD/VAAH), Bengaluru (BLR/VOBL), Chennai (MAA/VOMM), Cochin (COK/VOCI), Delhi (DEL/VIDP) and Kolkata (CCU/VOCL) are a few of the different bases the place IndiGo presents worldwide flights, primarily inside Asia, in addition to to Africa and the Center East.
At present, along with working on a humid lease settlement with extensive physique plane from Norse Atlantic Airways and Turkish Airways, the Indian airline has slender physique plane from different carriers in its fleet, which serve home and worldwide flights.
SmartLynx
IndiGo leases SmartLynx Airbus A320-200 plane from late 2024 by way of a wet-lease settlement. On the time of publication, as may be seen in our database, two SmartLynx A320s are working for IndiGo, with 9H-SLD and 9H-SLE being their registration numbers.
Qatar
By mid-2024, IndiGo had integrated Qatar Airways’ first Boeing 737 MAX 8 below a wet-lease settlement. It at present has seven 737 MAXs in its fleet (A7-BSA, A7-BSB, A7-BSC, A7-BSD, A7-BSE, A7-BSF and A7-BSI), flying primarily between India and Doha Hamad Worldwide Airport. Bengaluru, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kannur, and Mumbai are the routes carried out to/from Doha.
Corendon
IndiGo added wet-leased plane to its fleet to strengthen short-term operational capability and overcome provide chain points. Along with Qatar and SmartLynx, a few of the airline’s flights have been additionally operated by Corendon Airways’ Boeing 737 plane till early 2025.
Plane from different airways working for IndiGo, on the time of publication:
AircraftAirlineRegistrationConfigAge
Airbus A320-214SmartLynx9H-SLDY18017 years
Airbus A320-214SmartLynx9H-SLIY18016 years
Boeing 737 MAX 8Qatar AirwaysA7-BSAC8Y1686 years
Boeing 737 MAX 8Qatar AirwaysA7-BSBC8Y1684 years
Boeing 737 MAX 8Qatar AirwaysA7-BSCC8Y1684 years
Boeing 737 MAX 8Qatar AirwaysA7-BSDC8Y1684 years
Boeing 737 MAX 8Qatar AirwaysA7-BSEC8Y1683 years
Boeing 737 MAX 8Qatar AirwaysA7-BSFC8Y1686 years
Boeing 737 MAX 8Qatar AirwaysA7-BSIC8Y1685 years
Boeing 777-3Q8(ER)Turkish AirlinesTC-LKDC7Y52416 years
Boeing 777-31H(ER)Turkish AirlinesTC-LKEC7Y52418 years
Boeing 787-9NorseLN-FNCW56Y2827 years
With regard to IndiGo plane, the airline has 48 ATR 72-200, 28 Airbus A320-200, 183 Airbus A320neo, 3 Airbus A321-200(P2F) and 142 Airbus A321neo. In June 2023, IndiGo positioned a large order for greater than 500 narrow-body plane from Airbus, and in June 2025 it ordered 69 Airbus A321XLRs, which is able to strengthen its enlargement in East Africa, Europe and Northeast Asia.
Moreover, IndiGo Airways positioned an order for 30 Airbus A350-900s in June 2024, which was doubled in June of the next 12 months. The first A350s are scheduled to affix the fleet beginning in 2027.
Cowl picture: © Konstantin von Wedelstaedt (Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Int’l – VABB – India)
