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IndiGo is the largest airline of India since its establishment in 2006. It is also the largest individual Asian airline and the world's 10th-largest airline, as of December 2024.

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As of December 2024, the airline operates a fleet of narrow-body and wide-body aircraft with a fleet consisting of Airbus A320-200, A320neo, A321neo, ATR 72-600, Boeing 777-300 (wet-leased from Turkish Airlines) [1] and Boeing 737 MAX 8 (wet-leased from Qatar Airways and Corendon Airlines) [2] aircraft for passenger operations, and Airbus A321-200/P2F aircraft for cargo operations, making for a total of 395 aircraft.

Over 80% of the airline's aircraft are narrow-bodies. It is the largest Airbus A320neo operator in the world. To cater to the rapidly growing future traffic and demands, the airline also has the world's largest aircraft order, with a total of nearly a thousand aircraft on order since June 2023. [3] [4]

Current fleet

As of December 2024, IndiGo operates the following aircraft: [5] [6]

IndiGo fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
CYTotal
Airbus A320-200 26——180180To be phased out. [7]
Airbus A320neo 23254—180180 Largest operator of its type. [6]
176186186
Airbus A321neo 15554—222222Second largest operator of its type. [6]
104232232
14412208220Entered service on 14 November 2024. [8]
Airbus A321XLR [9] —69TBALargest order of its type. [10]
Deliveries from 2025. [11]
Airbus A350-900 —30Order with 70 options. [12]
Deliveries from 2027. [12]
ATR 72-600 455—7878
IndiGo CarGo fleet
Airbus A321-200/P2F 31
Cargo
 [13]
Total393957

Former fleet

Former fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredReplacementNotes
Airbus A320-200 13020062024 Airbus A320neo
Airbus A320neo 420162023None

Fleet history

Engine type

Since 2020, all the aircraft that are being delivered to IndiGo are fitted with CFM LEAP-1A engines leaving GTF. [37]

Livery

Indigo-sky blue livery Airbus A320-232, IndiGo Airlines JP7457952.jpg
Indigo-sky blue livery

The airline uses a two tone blue livery on a white background with the belly of the aircraft painted in Indigo with the logo in white. [38]

Grounded fleet

By September 2023, it was revealed by Pratt & Whitney that its PW1000G geared turbofan engines needs to be removed or replaced from the A320neo aircraft across the globe for inspection due to discovery of use of contaminated powdered metal being used in production of some engine parts leading to cracks in the engines. Such problems with the engines were first announced in July 2023. [39] [40]

In November 2023, several reports revealed that 45-50 aircraft was already grounded due to the engine issue and the numbers would reach 70-80 by January-March 2024. However, this did not affect the operations of the airline as they retained 14 older aircraft, extended leases on 36 aircraft, and will lease 11 aircraft in November and 12 aircraft in January. Of the 23 A320 being leased, 11 would be for short term wet-lease while the rest will be on dry-lease. [41] [42] Later, the airline also leased 6 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from Qatar Airways for operations on India-Doha route. [43] [44]

By February 2024, the numbers reached mid-70s as per schedule. The reasons due to grounded aircraft included both supply chain issues and PW1000G engine inspection. Grounding of more than 40 aircraft was due to PW's engine problem while an additional 60 aircraft utilises the same engine and was to be grounded afterwards. [45]

As of September 2024, the number of Aircraft on Ground for engine Pratt and Whitney issues is stable at 70 aircraft. In fact, the number is expected to drop in the near future. [46]

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