IndiGo aims to operate at 50% capacity by July

IndiGoNSE 1.91 % wants to operate half of its total daily capacity of 1,500 flights in July and resume international operations, possibly to the Gulf, by next month, Chief Executive Officer Rono Dutta told ET in an interview Monday, even as the industry faces headwinds on raising utilization since the stage-gated reopening of local flights late May.

Airlines are barely able to fill 50% of their flights on an average, industry data for the past week showed. Flights going to specific routes are getting healthy occupancy levels on only one side of the journey, while routes with lower supply and high demand have seen a huge rise in fares. Airlines with bigger networks, such as the country’s biggest by market share, is expected to fare better than rivals in a scenario such as this.