The airline has flagged an “incredibly challenging cost environment”.
India’s IndiGo is to suspend operations to six points on its international network amid what it calls an “incredibly challenging cost environment”.
The low-cost carrier says it will be axing Langkawi, Krabi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Siem Reap from July to 30 September.
IndiGo operates to Krabi and Hong Kong from Delhi, while flights to Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City are operated from Kolkata. IndiGo also flies from Bengaluru to Siem Reap and Langkawi.
The airline says it will resume bookings from 1 October, but notes: “[Should] the environment become favourable, IndiGo stands prepared to reinstate these services earlier than scheduled, in appropriate lead time.”
The latest network cuts come days after the airline – India’s largest operator – shrunk its long-haul operations. On 2 June, IndiGo said it was axing flights to Manchester – operated from Delhi and Mumbai – from end-August.
The airline said longer flight times resulting from airspace constraints, combined with “dramatically escalating costs”, have forced it to cut the route. IndiGo also returned one Boeing 787-9 leased from Norse Atlantic Airways earlier than expected following the network rejig.
In its latest statement, the airline says its “measured changes” to its international network “are designed to align capacity with current market conditions and demand trends, while ensuring the airline maintains reliability and network integrity across its global destinations”.
“These steps reflect the airline’s proactive approach to managing capacity responsibly and minimising inconvenience to customers, while maintaining readiness to respond quickly to favourable changes in the market conditions,” it adds.
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