IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi International) could be interested in investing in Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai International) if it doesn't manage to acquire part of Air India (AI, Delhi International), reports Live Mint. According to an anonymous source "briefed on the airline's strategy", IndiGo sees strong opportunity in the international market for a large Indian airline. To that end, it has registered its interest in acquiring the national airline, and is so far the only Indian carrier to do so.
However, it is only interested in taking on Air India's international operations or, as an alternative, one quarter of its domestic ops bundled with its international side. If the government insists on an all-or-nothing scenario, IndiGo will look to Jet Airways, instead. Jet Airways has been on the lookout for a strategic investor since mid-2017.
If neither strategic investment pans out, the anonymous source says that IndiGo will take a slower route, adding widebody aircraft to its fleet before expanding its own international operations.
The low-cost carrier is India's largest domestic airline, with 40% of domestic capacity. It operates to destinations throughout India as well as to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, Doha Hamad International, Dubai International, Kathmandu, Muscat, Sharjah, and Singapore Changi with an all-Airbus fleet of 113 A320s and twenty-two A320neos.
