Airbus is not delivering planes fast enough: IndiGo

NEW DELHI : Airbus SE isn’t delivering planes fast enough.

That’s the verdict of Indian budget carrier IndiGo, the biggest customer for Airbus’s best-selling A320neo jets. Delay in getting planes on time is forcing the airline, operated by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., to slow down the pace of expansion, executives said.

“The issue is on the supply side,” Chief Executive Officer Ronojoy Dutta said on a conference call with investors on Thursday, while answering a question on replacing older jets. “The reason why we are not growing fast enough is because we are not getting airplanes fast enough from Airbus.”