IndiGo Pushes Global Expansion With Business Class and Long-Haul Plans

IndiGo is betting that India’s time on the global aviation stage has come, and it wants to lead that charge.

IndiGo is India's largest airline by market share, but CEO Pieter Elbers stressed the global expansion on the 2025 earnings call Wednesday.

“When I joined IndiGo three years ago, we had around 25 international destinations. We closed financial year 2025 with 40, and last week we added our 41st — Fujairah. That’s nearly 65% growth in less than three years.”

This growth has not been just in destination count. IndiGo's international available seat kilometres (ASKs) now make up 30% of its total capacity. The airline plans to take this figure beyond 40% by fiscal 2030.

A big push is also underway into Europe. Starting July, IndiGo will launch flights from Mumbai to Amsterdam and Manchester using wide-body aircraft damp-leased from Norse Atlantic Airways. These flights mark IndiGo’s first steps into competing on long-haul i