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IndiGo becomes 1st Indian airline to have 200 aircraft

IndiGo aircraft | Salil Bera

Budget carrier IndiGo on Thursday said it has become the first Indian airline to have 200 aircraft in its fleet.

Four new aircraft have joined the IndiGo fleet—two Airbus A320 ceo (VT-IKA and VT-IKB) and two A320 neo (VT IZK AND VT-IZI) jets—taking the fleet count to 200 and number of deliveries to 226, IndiGo said in an internal communication.

The Gurgaon-based no-frills carrier, which enjoys over 40 per cent of the total domestic traffic, had inducted its 100th aircraft on December 24, 2015.

"It has taken us only three years to take delivery of another 100 planes," IndiGo added.

The IndiGo fleet had comprised 123 A320ceos (current engine option), 61 A320 neos (new engine option) and as 12 regional ATR aircraft before the new additions.

IndiGo currently offers over 1,200 flights to 63 destinations, which include 49 domestic and 14 international ones.  

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