{"id":129850,"date":"2022-08-03T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=129850"},"modified":"2022-08-03T22:05:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T22:05:24","slug":"indigo-says-waiting-for-new-planes-limits-its-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/08\/indigo-says-waiting-for-new-planes-limits-its-growth.html","title":{"rendered":"IndiGo says waiting for new planes limits its growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

India\u2019s biggest airline IndiGo <\/strong>said on Wednesday the wait for new planes was limiting its growth during a strong pick-up in demand for air travel as pandemic restrictions are lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wish we had more aircraft,\u201d outgoing Chief Executive Ronojoy Dutta told analysts after the company reported a narrowing of losses for the June quarter from a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Akasa Air will start operations in August.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe travel market is growing quite strongly. We are limited by the number of aircraft we have. Given that, we will try and push load factors, but if we had more aircraft we would fly to more destinations,\u201d Dutta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IndiGo has 730 A320neo planes on order from Airbus, making it the world\u2019s biggest customer for this popular single-aisle model. But planemakers face challenges meeting delivery schedules due to supply chain problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dutta said IndiGo did not want to lease older planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Qatar Airways is awarded \u201cAirline of the Year\u201d at AirlineRatings Awards 2022.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company reported its highest ever quarterly revenue for the three months ended June 30, boosted by a 145% increase in capacity and a load factor of about 80%, Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But soaring fuel costs and exchange rate moves left IndiGo making a loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company said fuel prices almost doubled, leading to a near five-fold increase in aircraft fuel expenses to 59.90 billion Indian rupees ($756 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, yields, a metric of profitability, rose 50.3% to 5.24 rupees per kilometre as airlines raised fares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While competition in India\u2019s aviation sector is heating up, with the launch of Akasa Air and a return of full-service carrier Jet Airways, IndiGo\u2019s biggest rival SpiceJet Ltd is facing some turbulence, forcing India\u2019s regulator to reduce its schedule by half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IndiGo\u2019s parent InterGlobe Aviation posted a loss of 10.65 billion rupees for the June quarter, compared with a 31.79 billion rupee loss a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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