India's IndiGo arrives at Changi Airport

Changi Airport Group today welcomes IndiGo to its growing network of carriers as India’s largest low-cost carrier commences operations at Changi Airport.  IndiGo is the fifth Indian carrier to operate at Changi[1].

IndiGo will operate daily passenger services to New Delhi on the Airbus A320 aircraft with a capacity of 180 passengers in a single-class configuration.  It will add a Mumbai-Singapore service commencing in the middle of October.  IndiGo will operate at Changi Airport Terminal 2.

Route / Flight Number / Departure/Arrival (local time) / Days of operations / Effective Date

New Delhi-Singapore / 6E011 / Dep DEL 0655H Arr SIN 1520H / Daily / 15 September 2011
Singapore-New Delhi / 6E012 / Dep SIN 1750H Arr DEL 2105H / Daily / 15 September 2011
Mumbai-Singapore / 6E051 / Dep BOM 0840H Arr SIN 1650H / Daily / 10 October 2011
Singapore-Mumbai / 6E052 / Dep SIN 1650H Arr BOM 1945H / Daily / 10 October 2011

With the addition of IndiGo, the Singapore-New Delhi route will be served by four carriers[2] operating a total of 70 flights a week.  The Singapore-Mumbai route will be served by six carriers[3] operating a total of 90 flights a week.

Singapore is the most connected point to India in Southeast Asia.  Some 180 weekly services with a capacity of more than 35,500 weekly one-way seats currently link Changi Airport to 11 cities in India.  With IndiGo joining Changi’s family of airlines, an additional 2,500 weekly one-way seats will be available between Singapore and India.

Given Singapore's strategic geographical location, Changi Airport is well-placed to tap on the growth of travel demand in India to Southeast Asia and Australia/ New Zealand.  Passenger traffic between Singapore and India has grown steadily over the years.  In 2010, more than 2.55 million passenger movements were recorded, an increase of 13.8% over 2009’s 2.24 million.  For the first seven months of 2011, passenger traffic between the two countries rose 6.6%, compared to the same period a year before.

Changi Airport now serves 102 airlines operating more than 5,800 scheduled flights each week, connecting Singapore to over 200 cities in 60 countries and territories worldwide.

[1] The others are Air India, Air India Express, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines.
[2] Air India, Jet Airways and Singapore Airlines operate daily flights to New Delhi.
[3] Air India, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and Singapore Airlines operate daily flights to Mumbai. Qantas operates a thrice-weekly service.