1,000 Planes On Order - Is this Airline Taking Over the World? IndiGo's A320 and ATR-72 in Economy

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Despite being the world's largest country with more than 1.4 billion people, India has become known as a graveyard for airlines - with many having tried and failed to capitalize on what SHOULD be a massive market opportunity, especially on the domestic side. Kingfisher, Jet Airways, Go Air and others have risen and fallen... and some speculate that Air India wouldn't have made it without government help. But one airline has managed to crack the code (in my opinion), and that airline is IndiGo.
Perhaps the world's least-hated budget carrier, IndiGo carried 100 million+ passengers in 2023 to over 100 destinations in India and beyond. Like most budget carriers, the onboard product is fairly basic, but that seems to be exactly what India needed - an affordable way to get from Point A to Point B - safely & on-time.
I've always been fascinated by IndiGo's story, so when I was in India, I had to check them out. Come join me as I fly both workhorses in IndiGo's fleet - the A320 and ATR 72 - on a couple domestic flights - and let's see if we can uncover the secret to IndiGo's Indian Dominance!
Flight Details:
FLIGHT #1
Airline / Flight No: IndiGo (6E) 7219
Aircraft Type: ATR 72-600
From: Nashik, Maharashtra, India (ISK)
To: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India (AMD)
Departure Time: 8 March 2024 10:20am IST
Arrival Time: 8 March 2024 11:50am IST
FLIGHT #2
Airline / Flight No: IndiGo (6E) 937
Aircraft Type: Airbus A320neo (VT-IQQ)
From: Vadodara, Gujarat, India (BDQ)
To: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (BOM)
Departure Time: 11 March 2024 1:50pm IST
Arrival Time: 11 March 2024 2:55pm IST
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro & The IndiGo Story
02:06 Arrival, Check-in & Security at Nashik Airport (ISK)
05:57 Boarding the ATR 72 to Ahmedabad
07:58 Pushback, Taxi and Takeoff - Rwy 9
09:00 Inflight Scenes & Lav Tour
09:56 Approach & Landing into Ahmedabad (AMD)
10:37 Cost of Ticket & Review
11:54 Flight on the A320 - Vadodara Airport (BDQ)
14:04 Post-Security at Vadodara Airport - Lounge!!
16:10 Boarding A320neo to Mumbai (BOM)
17:51 Pushback, Taxi, Takeoff - Rwy 4
18:52 Inflight - Food and Potential Entertainment Options
19:43 Approach and Landing into Mumbai
21:16 Final Thoughts

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@H11T09 Месяц назад

I am an ex Indigo staff. I still remember when Rahul Bhatia sir said that "I will only be proud when i can fly anywhere in the world with Indigo!!"

@alternateaccount4868 8 дней назад

Is indigo okay now? Which airline is decent for domestic travel now?

@H11T09 8 дней назад

@@alternateaccount4868 Indigo always on time..

@PPpaladin День назад

he proud yet ?

@Ducktility 12 часов назад

Call him Rahul, not sir. Its embarrassing when Indians do that

@rohanvarshnei Месяц назад

Indigo ATR seats do not recline. All Indigo A-321/320 seats recline. Yours however was the 1st emergency exit row - will not recline as will block the exit behind you.

@flaps1019 Месяц назад

Good to know - thanks for the info!

@hdashg 20 дней назад

This is very well done but scratches the surface. As a consultant with nearly a 1000 flights taken, I must applaud their single minded brutal focus on efficiency, safety and on-time departures. What I love and hate is how the air hostess will not budge if you continue using your laptop disobeying them. Or how they are the first airline that disembarks from THREE doors. How they will pack all passengers into buses and make us wait outside a delayed aircraft to save even 5 min while departing. How they will gently push passengers on busy routes to give up carry on strolleys because the overhead cabins run out of space. They do it by offering priority baggage delivery upon arrival giving people the right incentive. These small but important nuances (among many) ensure the flight is safe, every minute possible is saved and thus delays do not compound through out the day. I only fly Indigo as far as possible.

@dnapolren 17 дней назад

Thanks for these details.. so much business sense

@danielberlin5968 Месяц назад

Quality keeps getting better, Flaps!

@premkalani7692 Месяц назад

It has higher security because this airport is operated by hal

@TD_CREATIONS-INDIA Месяц назад

Crazy good Vid! I have an flight with indigo to Goa soon, and you cleared all my doubts. Someone who actually deserves over millions of subscribers.

@flaps1019 Месяц назад

Thank you and safe travels!! I heard Goa is amazing, hope you enjoy!

@user-sv9pr6yp6d День назад

For years now my I & my family travel on Indigo. Always on time, no delays even once. Coincidence I don’t know. I am happy.

@BreadEnjoyerClips Месяц назад

Wow, this was a very well produced video! You have earned my sub :)

@dr.maheshsonawane Месяц назад

Thank you very much for visiting Nasik City & flying from Nasik International AirPort ❤

@adsrtvm1438 25 дней назад

When I fly indigo and air india express, I feel travelling in my local transport bus.

@eklavyajain09 18 дней назад

Both are low cost airlines,the sole purpose is to get from one place to another at an affordable rate. You should go for vistara if you want great interior and business class.

@alternateaccount4868 8 дней назад

@@eklavyajain09now it’s air India

@CrushedBabai 18 дней назад

i was there in airbus factory, hamburg , when one of these indigo a320 neo was being assembled

@manon2wheels771 3 дня назад

Riyal I was one of the parts

@bikramjitbhattacharjee6695 18 дней назад

Awesome video! Hoping your subs go 100x soon👍

@harshanandakumar8432 Месяц назад

Great review! Loved the details and side-by-side comparison of the A320 and ATR-72, it really highlighted the differences in space and comfort. The insights on IndiGo's service and food options were also super helpful. Your analysis of their strategy and execution is fascinating, and the comparison between the A320 and ATR-72 was insightful. It's really interesting to see how IndiGo has managed to thrive where others have struggled. Can't wait for more videos on India's aviation scene! Thanks for the informative and detailed video, Flaps:)

@mig882001 Месяц назад

Great video on IndiGo - it is the 3rd most profitable airline in the world after only Delta and Ryan Air In December 2023, IndiGo surpassed United Airlines to become the sixth largest airline in the world. Nashik Airport (IATA: ISK, ICAO: VAOZ) is an airport is owned by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) govt owned company , which uses the airport primarily to develop, test and build aircraft for the Indian Armed Forces .Its not owned by any civilan operator AAI GMAR Adani Group but a collaboration between HAL and local state Maharastra govt a 3rd tier aiport. Vadodara Airport[4] (IATA: BDQ, ICAO: VABO) owned by the Airports Authority of India. It's a customs airport and also military serving Indian Air Force base . It is the third-busiest airport in Gujarat, after Ahmedabad and Surat airports

@axan50transportproductions Месяц назад

As an avgeek from Nashik, thank you very much for visiting our city. Nashik in my opinion is highly underrated among foreigners (we don't get that many) so thanks a million for putting us on the map. I have never flown from Nashik airport before due it not having adequate transport options and is also located in Ojhar town and BOM is the much better option for international flights especially to Singapore where I live now. Personally, I find India is heading for a duopoly with Air India subsuming Vistara and becoming the backbone of full service and Indigo's dominance and general passenger preference over its competitors. It does create a lack of competition leading to higher prices dictated by airlines themselves. You're a sport man. Earned a sub.

@axan50transportproductions Месяц назад

@@SomeoneatArmy It is underrated bro ye samajh lo

@axan50transportproductions Месяц назад

@@SomeoneatArmy All India is underrated 😁

@axan50transportproductions Месяц назад

@@SomeoneatArmy lol

@flaps1019 Месяц назад

Thank you for the kind words! It was an awesome place with amazing people and well worth the drive from Mumbai. I just hope to visit Sula vineyard next time!

@axan50transportproductions Месяц назад

@@flaps1019 Oh yes Sula vineyards are a must visit. In fact, I myself used to live 10mins from the vineyards near Jehan Circle. You should also visit Gangapur Dam and the adjacent watersports club that is newly opened. Not to mention the large number of Indian restaurants along Gangapur road that will leave you spoilt for choice.

@knottytoob 22 дня назад

Well rounded content mate. Flap, flaps n away...10K 100K 1mm. Let's Indi GO. :)

@rahulnayar1 Месяц назад

In Indigo 320s the only seats that don’t recline are on row 12 because 13 is also a safety exit row so reclined seats can impede safe exits if reclined and if I’m not wrong the last row also doesn’t recline because the bulkhead is rite behind. Row 13 seats recline because row 14 is not on the emergency exit. Row 1 also offers more leg space but the seats are a bit narrower as the food table slows into the arm rests.

@rexster76 17 дней назад

Exceptionally bad service, for the same amount you can fly premium airlines like Vistara

@vnktravi 22 дня назад

Good review, you have new a subscriber

@meditatewithme6254 27 дней назад

You don't know that AIRINDIA will merge with VISTARA. They also have 1000 aircraft on order. Now it is back to TATAs. AIRINDIA's future is very bright too

@dannycbe949 23 дня назад

Air india has to improve service and staff attitude. Right now it's a MESS

@hrushikeshavachat900 17 дней назад

@dannycbe949 They are better. But it won't improve much for some time as they aren't allowed to fire as per buying agreement. Once that clause becomes inoperative, the staff will have to improve

@soloneptune5637 17 дней назад

There is still.an issue of small to big airport connectivity...domestic flights needs to cover medium to high density crowd airports but they lack in that and have connecting flights....

@Amuzic 15 дней назад

I loved the style of review. You are gonna get big.

@happyfeethappyheart Месяц назад

Excellent video ,

@vnktravi 22 дня назад

Indian airports I would say the security is pretty intense and through, in my last trip I was not even allowed a small Allen key used for tripod. I am glad though for a sense of safety and job well done by CISF (agency responsible for security if airports)

@kaivalyakulkarni9435 28 дней назад

Nashik has a bit higher security coz of military issues., also there is an airforce base around 50km near the airport

@flaps1019 27 дней назад

Ahh that makes sense

@freehubadventure День назад

I have been flying indigo for many years and flights are always on time. That is my USP for indigo

@SumitBisht0 12 дней назад

18:03 nice view of the AN-32s

@jaibhardwaj4886 Месяц назад

How is the pilot job availability in india for the upcoming years? I've heard people with cpl are unemployed for years? This demotivates me alot

@greatvedas 26 дней назад

great work Flaps! Thoroughly enjoyed this vlog of Indigo airlines. Your intro is engaging and made me watch entire video. Regarding airports security checks, they suck mate. I know how horrible they are vs rest of the world.

@vinba8234 20 дней назад

You passed 6 air-force AN-32's on your taxi to taking off at Vadodara!

@sagarnaik9265 20 дней назад

You won heart by flying from Nashik❤

@pranavmohite8581 19 дней назад

14:41 Bro its " I C I C I " Bank and not I C C bank 😅 anyway great content bro

@user-rl6nf9ph4i День назад

Small airport staff are very very fussy about extra weight, and things you can carry as hand baggage. They usually have very few passengers and will have no problem wasting time arguing with the passengers, and will insist on following the rules strictly, including how we stand in the Q. I experienced this in Jaipur, Surat etc

@Treppo153 14 дней назад

So much detail.

@parasjanpara 20 дней назад

Indigo is best boy out there today but AirIndia is fast catching up.

@retailtrader9 24 дня назад

You should visit hyderabad and Mumbai airports too

@sn0llyg0ster727 Месяц назад

Nasik in no ways is a small city bro! It's in the top 13 cities of India which have 50% GDP of India!!! It's small & old terminal and negligence is the main reason for it not having a good air connectivity as it's just 2hrs apart from it's neighbouring cities like such as Mumbai & Pune the other two top cities of Maharashtra and India. Hence making the trio of Nasik-Mumbai-Pune the economic & golden triangle of Maharashtra which is the most developed & developing ambition project of the Government of Maharashtra in India!!!

@pratiknikam2468 Месяц назад

Take it easy bud, he is saying it is a relatively small city by Indian standards, which isn't wrong.

@viswanathanseshadri1047 25 дней назад

Over the last 12-13 years, somehow I do find Indigo quality of flying experience on downslide.

@dukeopeace7530 24 дня назад

First time seeing an indigo propeller plane 😂

@newbie8051 19 дней назад

20:50 talking about budget, you could technically travel from Nashik to Mumbai (4hrs via train) and then have an onward flight to basically anywhere in the country This is most of my undergrads friends do haha

@newbie8051 19 дней назад

Ah later in the video I discovered you were just on a leisure trip hopping airports Seems fun haahah, cool stuff man

@faisu30 15 дней назад

Bro just for your information, Jet Airways is not the first private airline in India, There was an airline called •Eastwest Airlines”. And they murdered the CEO of that airline and jet airways came up

@Interlooper_G 26 дней назад

I hope no one from the staff was fired from the jobs as you said "we were not greeted...a bit disappointing" 16:38 ...Indigo is still a corporate and they take this seriously...perhaps a bit too seriously...

@rahulnayar1 Месяц назад

No alcohol is served in any domestic flights in India. You can’t drink alcohol in any domestic flights in India. No hot meals in any ATR flights in Indigo. Not sure about Air India. If a flight is less than an hour be it in any aircraft then no hot meals, not even coffee or tea. There is a sector in which few flights are 55 minutes and few are 65 minutes in the same airline. In the 55 min one I don’t get hot meals but I get hot meals in the 65 min one.

@vikramrao6391 24 дня назад

the multiple security checks are a pain. i dont get it. India needs to upgrade its security procedures pronto.

@Wack373 23 дня назад

We unfortunately have the most haters in the world. Nobody wants to see us prosper. And most of them are inside India. Maybe it could be made efficient, but then it starts breaching into personal privacy

@Nanw23 3 дня назад

Services, "on time, every time"- almost 98% , Connecting many cities all are good with Indigo...but the damn seats are fixed and even 2 degrees they don't recline. Crampy seats makes more profit is the moto, it seems. Restricted Market for foreign Airlines in India - because of that Indigo is enjoying...if Govt allows foreign Airlines in Domestic sector that advantage is lost.

@jinu870 Месяц назад

Who knows whether it is rise or fall.

@nou7401 29 дней назад

Indigo defeated air india by only a small margin

@prakashbodwade9594 Месяц назад

Food Display at Vadodra Airport Lounge was the worst display i've ever seen

@flaps1019 27 дней назад

😂 certainly a little more basic than your average lounge but the hot food actually didn't taste too bad

@AO-xd2ml Месяц назад

👍👍👍👍

@shahminhajuddin День назад

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

@ShreyasBharadwaj 28 дней назад

Terribly rude service by ground staff.

@Bruno-lz5pf 17 дней назад

This airline is infamous in India for their faulty planes and still managing to fly with major issues like one engine failure risking everyone’s life and even Boeing is surprised.

@Sandeee 3 дня назад

Do you have any references to the claims you made?

@iamkritik Месяц назад

16:00 Indians are pretty chill while boarding and getting off the plane but Do try INDIGO'S B777 From Delhi to Istanbul 😂😂😂 You will feel like you're back in USA!!! That behemoth of an aircraft with 500+ Economy boarding🤯🤯 Its just too crazy😂 you should try it once!!! 😂🤭

@iamkritik Месяц назад

Love from Finland though, really beautiful vid❤😊

@flaps1019 Месяц назад

Haha thank you - that B777 does seem pretty bonkers - have you flown it??

@iamkritik Месяц назад

@@flaps1019 yeah I've

@pkjoshi456 27 дней назад

Their flights are late and if you are delayed, you are on you own or they will give you something to eat which is very unhealthy food. It maybe hygienic but not good for health.

@jayasooriya7285 День назад

air deccan started it!

@alternateaccount4868 8 дней назад

Are flight attendants resentful and professional ?

@puggleski6097 17 дней назад

भाई को शायद पता न हो लेकिन नासिक से तेलगी की शुरुवात हुई थी . ये भाई कोई तेलगी जैसा कांड तो न कर रहा ozar hal में ?

@itzmontupatel 14 дней назад

It's glorified AC bus but don't mind if it is getting me to place A to B in time and efficient enough to not cost a bank in india people wan't cheap efficient and fast travel if it cutting 6-7h train to 1 to 2h flight people will pay more but people won't pay for luxury and main impedance in india is proximity to airport some times it's just easier to goto train with 1st AC (which cost most time as much as plane ticket) then travel to airport then land and then travel to where you want to go train stations are far closer and far too many to count India needs more airports shit ton more airports and fast and wider roads connecting airport to nearby areas and cities

@shailendertiwari2279 22 дня назад

That's was a smooth going 👍

@bhargavvishwanath5794 Месяц назад

India has only 3 good airports; Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai. Rest are rather basic and are quite similar to the "cold sandwiches" you found at Baroda :D

@rahulnayar1 Месяц назад

You should visit Cochin international airport once then, it’s the only airport in the world where each and every passenger gets an individual couch to sit in the boarding area and the architecture is awesome. It is also probably the only airport in the world which is carbon negative. The airport produces more power than it consumes.

@5coolcap Месяц назад

You haven't been to Hyderabad yet?

@saksham2525 2 дня назад

There are many good airports such as in Chennai, ahmedabad, lucknow, Hyderabad and many more in other cities.

@saksham2525 2 дня назад

There are many good airports such as in Chennai, ahmedabad, lucknow, Hyderabad and many more in other cities.

@ajinair 24 дня назад

India is coming to kick Germany below. Seems he is nervous already.

@rfnmmandal 28 дней назад

Bro you guys expect these services as usual , as you frequently travel in planes. Even now, Indians getting to travel on planes is a dream for them, they don't even need these....

@rovailate6011 16 часов назад

bro got ripped off with the 80 rupee expresso

@flaps1019 16 часов назад

Probably 😂 but it was a sneaky good espresso, wasn’t expecting it

@pkjoshi456 27 дней назад

Indigo has horrible service. They treat you like dirt and if you questions they will throw you out. Thee crowd that travels in this airline is also cheap.

@ronojpayeng637 26 дней назад

Please make it more affordable to the common people..

@striker44 17 дней назад

It is a low cost airline already. Any lower means compromise on safety and less professional crew. No one wants that. Higher demand versus supply means, lower price will be less likely unless more competition kicks in - will come from Tata group.

@arishmehta2531 Месяц назад

Indigo really needs to work on their customer service. And their attitude. Hate flying with them and will gladly pay more to fly with vistara.

@Bawamode 17 дней назад

🫡

@aujwalyaj 29 дней назад

Genuinely hope Indigo doesn't progress on its empire cause that airline has left me a scar which would take a very very long time to heal when it comes my international travel.

@samali7821 29 дней назад

Such a big company yet they harass their employee

@exploreandunravel5773 24 дня назад

Indigo is also famous for Worst customer service in yhe World , with world record for giving lunch to its passengers on the Airport TARMAC 😂

@Sandeee 3 дня назад

Why do you speak when only gu comes out when you open your mouth.

@AZHAR09 3 дня назад

@@Sandeee are baba I like it yourcomment

@Ashwanikumar05 28 дней назад

indias worst airlines till now indigo

@dannycbe949 23 дня назад

Anything better??

@zeeshan0987 27 дней назад

Indigo is the worst airline. I purposefully avoid it even if I have to pay extra or take longer routes. India has bad city buses, Indigo feels like a city bus in air.

@ninadsheth8422 18 дней назад

This is one of the finest videos I have seen it has all elements Aviation Business a bit of travelogue. indigo is a big cold idea, but American engine maker Pratt &Whitney has created so much turbulence by not delivering on time that the business model is nose diving, amazing how the hidden hand of risk can trip the best ideas. They are getting some compensation but I don’t know if that covers the billions of dollars lost.