flights IndiGo becomes 1st Indian carrier to operate 1,000 daily

Mumbai, Dec 23 (PTI) Budget carrier IndiGo has becomethe first Indian airline to operate over 1,000 daily flightsacross its domestic and international network.Besides, the Gurgaon-based airline has also attained afleet size of 150 aircraft with the induction of one more A320Neo plane, it said in a release today.The dual feat was achieved on Friday, it said.Flight 6E 185 from Mumbai to Cochin took off onDecember 22 at 23.15 pm to become 1,000th flight for the firsttime in the history of Indian civil aviation, the airlinesaid.IndiGo also took the delivery of its 31st Airbus A-320Neo aircraft on the same day, which raised its fleet size to150 aircraft, it said.IndiGo is the second airline in the country with afleet size of 150 planes after disinvestment-bound flagcarrier Air India.Air India Group, which comprises Air India, itsinternational budget arm Air India Express and regional armAlliance Air, has a combined fleet size of 155 planes."We are truly excited to achieve a 1,000-daily flightslandmark," IndiGo president and Whole Time Director AdityaGhosh was quoted in the release as saying.IndiGo currently commands 39.4 per cent market share but its on-time performance (OTP) slipped to second position after rival SpiceJet clocked 81.9 per cent OTP from four airports in November.

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