Our Vande Mataram moment, says IndiGo as it offers relief flights for free
IndiGo, the largest Indian airline with a fleet of 259 aircraft, has proposed to operate relief flights for carrying food and medicines to remote areas free of cost. This was announced by the airline’s CEO Ronojoy Dutta Wednesday.
IndiGo has been authorised by the government to operate 30 relief flights, but Dutta said the airline wants to do more without charging the government.
The airline has a fleet of 219 Airbus A320 aircraft and 25 smaller ATR-72 jets which can fly to remote areas. It flies to 63 destinations in the country including six cities in North Eastern area – Imphal, Shillong, Aizawl, Dimapur, Agartala and Guwahati.
