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International Expansion Plan: Indigo Airlines To Use Wide-Body Boeing 787-9 Aircraft On Regular Delhi-Bangkok Flights From March 1
IndiGo has embarked on an ambitious international expansion plan and expects to induct A321 XLRs in the next financial year and the wide-body A350s in 2027.
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IndiGo will start operating the leased wide-body Boeing 787-9 aircraft on the Delhi-Bangkok route starting March 1 and continue to explore opportunities to take more planes on lease for operations.
To meet the rising air traffic demand, the airline has inducted a Boeing 787-9 plane from Norse Atlantic temporarily ahead of taking deliveries of A321 XLRs, that have a longer range and A350s.
IndiGo has embarked on an ambitious international expansion plan and expects to induct A321 XLRs in the next financial year and the wide-body A350s in 2027.
Big planes, bigger plans. We’re soaring further and wider with our brand-new wide-body aircraft, now flying from Delhi to Bangkok W.E.F. 1st March, 2025. #goIndiGo #B787 pic.twitter.com/BHHtmGotuJ
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) February 25, 2025
In a release on according to to PTI , the airline said it will operate daily flights with the Boeing 787-9 plane on the Delhi-Bangkok route from March 1 onwards.
The aircraft will have 56 IndiGoStretch seats and 282 economy seats.
“IndiGo will continue exploring opportunities to contract additional aircraft,” the release said.
