In next phase of growth, emphasis on international: IndiGo CEO Elbers

'The focus is to stay true to our customer promise', said Elbers

IndiGo is mapping out plans for expansion and investment in digital areas. The airline’s chief executive officer, Pieter Elbers, shared his vision in a conversation with Aneesh Phadnis and Deepak Patel. Edited excerpts:

IndiGo has over 300 planes in fleet and another 500 planes on order. Are you in discussions with plane makers to order more aircraft?

IndiGo has a track record of taking (aircraft order) decisions based on our own merit and our own timing. The very first aircraft order that was prior to the start of IndiGo in 2006 as well the latest one in 2019 all have