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recently warning 600-700 engines will need to be checked globally over the next three years
hear from PW on the number of engines that will need to be examined and simultaneously looking at alternate means to keep augmenting
challenges with Pratt and we need to see what is the impact of the new announcement
The sooner we get clarity, the better it is
The airline has 324 aircraft at the moment that includes about 40 ATRs and two wet leased Boeing 777s
have been grounded for months due to Pratt issues, IndiGo has been able to increase passenger carriage and network post Covid
This year we are getting about 40 new planes, all powered by CFM Leap engines
We have extended leases; gone in for new wet leases and have two wide bodies on wet lease from Turkish Airlines
Have taken a whole lot of measures already over the past year in order to deal with these challenges and continue to do so
a result, last September IndiGo had 100 cities on its entire network while now that number is at 120
In pre-Covid 2019, it flew about 7.5 crore passengers while that number was 8.6 crore last fiscal and is expected to reach 10 crore this
We keep scanning the market for options and run our company
challenges, IndiGo is preparing for the future as it has almost 1,000 planes on order to be delivered till mid 2030s
It is working on the manpower requirements and preparing to meet that
The A321XLR are expected by late 2024 which will fly nonstop till Europe and fast east
distant shores, it is banking on code shares with foreign airlines to build brand awareness in places like Europe and America where it is
