IndiGo strengthens connectivity to Southeast Asia, adds flights connecting Singapore, Bangkok

Airline operator IndiGo has added new flights to strengthen its connectivity to Southeast Asia. The additions will increase the flight frequency to Singapore and Bangkok. New flight additions will be effective from May 25, June 3, and June 4, 2023. The new plane schedule has daily flights from Delhi to Singapore which will be effective from May 25. From June 3, flights from Bhubaneswar to Singapore and vice versa flights will be available on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Flight from Bhubaneswar to Bangkok will be effective from June 3 as well and will be available on Tuesdays and Saturdays, but flights from Bangkok to Bhubaneshwar will be available on Wednesdays and Sundays and will be effective from June 4. Bangkok to Kolkata flight will also start from June 3 and will be available on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

On the other hand, Kolkata to Bangkok flight will be effective from June 4, 2023, and will be available on Wednesdays and Sundays. Here are more details about the plane schedule:

These flights will significantly enhance connectivity and accessibility across Southeast Asia.

Airfare to hike?

After Go First filed for insolvency proceedings and cancelled flights, it would have a negative impact on the airline industry as the move will reduce capacity and could push airfares in certain routes, travel agents' grouping TAAI said on Wednesday.

Bogged down by an acute financial crunch due to the grounding of more than half of its fleet amid P&W engine supply woes, Go First has cancelled flights for three days starting May 3. Besides, the Wadia group-owned airline has filed for voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).

"It is bad for the (airlines) industry... It is such a fragile industry... We lost crores of rupees in Kingfisher Airlines, in Jet Airways and we have another one going into insolvency (proceedings)," Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) President Jyoti Mayal told PTI.