IndiGo Airlines

About IndiGo Airlines

IndiGo is an Indian low-cost hybrid airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana. It is the largest airline in India by passengers carried, with a 64.2% domestic market share as of August 2025. It is one of the largest in the world in terms of passengers carried, with 31.9 million passengers carried in the fourth quarter of 2025. It is the sixth busiest airline in the world, as per data from RadarBox. As of November 2025, IndiGo operates over 2,700 daily flights to 137 destinations – 94 domestic and 43 international. It operates cargo services under its subsidiary, IndiGo CarGo. Its primary hub is at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. Source: "IndiGo" by Wikipedia contributors (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndiGo), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Edit history on the linked Wikipedia page.

Overview

IndiGo Airlines is an active scheduled passenger airline based in India. You will see it in booking systems as IATA 6E, and on the radio as "IFLY". OpenFlights tracks roughly 227 scheduled route pairs flown under its codes, reaching about 36 separate destinations.

Network and hubs

The network depends on three things: where the airline holds slots, the aircraft sitting in its fleet, and the bilateral agreements between India and the countries it serves. Like most carriers of its size, IndiGo Airlines operates from one or more home hubs, feeds nearby countries with regional flying, and stretches into longer thin routes wherever the demand and the aircraft line up.

Cabins and onboard product

What it feels like onboard depends on the part of the market the airline competes in. A short-haul, single-aisle fleet usually offers a flexible economy product and a front cabin that converts to business class on selected sectors. Longer-haul rotations, where they exist, add lie-flat business seats and sometimes a premium economy cabin in between. Catering, baggage rules, seat-selection charges and buy-on-board pricing all change with the route and the fare class, so the most reliable way to set expectations is to read the fare conditions at the moment you book.

Loyalty and partnerships

Frequent-flyer benefits depend on whether IndiGo Airlines belongs to a global alliance or runs bilateral partnerships with another carrier. Where alliance membership is in place, members of partner programmes can normally credit miles, get into lounges with eligible status, and through-check baggage on a single ticket. Even outside alliances, codeshare and interline agreements often let you build a simple combined itinerary on one record.

Operating notes

Operationally, IndiGo Airlines is registered in India and answers to that country's civil aviation authority. Onward flying follows the rules of every other country it serves. When you book, keep its IATA and ICAO codes handy for matching codeshare flight numbers, double-check terminal assignments at multi-terminal airports, and confirm any visa or transit rules that apply to the routing rather than only the marketing carrier on the ticket.

Sample destinations

A sample of destinations served by IndiGo Airlines in the public schedule. Open any airport for its own terminal and route guide.