I heard from a Pilot that their 1st Flt went well.But I'm not sure.Can anyone confirm.

regds

MEL

Seems half to me

BTW just for info here is the Airbus article

IndiGo celebrates delivery of first Airbus A320
28 July 2006

IndiGo, the new low-fare carrier headquartered in New Delhi, India, celebrated the delivery of its first A320 family aircraft, on July 28th, 2006, becoming the latest Airbus operator. IndiGo placed a firm order for 100 A320 family aircraft in June 2005.

IndiGo will receive five more aircraft this year, followed by more in 2007. The airline will receive the delivery of all 100 A320 family aircraft by 2016.

No News articles on the 1st flight yet.

regds

MEL

malik wrote:

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the_380 wrote:

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Im surprised no A.nutter India has still flown Malik u were to fly right?

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yup, as of now I am booked on their first flight to Pune on the 10th of August'06, and shall send a report as well as photos.

As of now I do not even know which terminal they will operate from at DEL, and did not observe any INDIGO counters at PNQ.

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Saw the Indigo A/c at DEL today, man they've done up the interiors really well, they've removed all ovens from the a/c which means for all you people flying IndiGo there is going to be NO food . They've managed to get 171 seats, 28 6-abreast and 1 2 abreast along the rear galley (I'm not sure of the calculations, i think the last row was 28). The seats did look a little cramped, i wasn't able to fit into them. Good luck IndiGo

Airbus3xx wrote:

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Saw the Indigo A/c at DEL today, man they've done up the interiors really well, they've removed all ovens from the a/c which means for all you people flying IndiGo there is going to be NO food . They've managed to get 171 seats, 28 6-abreast and 1 2 abreast along the rear galley (I'm not sure of the calculations, i think the last row was 28). The seats did look a little cramped, i wasn't able to fit into them. Good luck IndiGo

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Now we envy you for being amongst the first AInetter to be on board INDIGO.

A trip report would satisfy our aviation thrist.......

Flew Indigo DEL-PNQ earlier today. Forgot camera in car, so words will have to suffice.

They had a load of about 125 pax on the first inaugural flight, which is not bad, considering it takes off half an hour after SpiceJet, and two hours before Sahara & Jet.

181 seats single class very basic configuration. Dark Blue fabric seats, grey everything else. A-320 standard seat width/pitch. Free drinking water. Pepsi brand beverages at reduced rates (Pepsi promo) so a can of chilled pepsi was for 20/-. No food of any sort, though the cockpit crew got their dabbas and hot tea.

Had some minor problems at check-in since they had lost my tele-check-in somewhere in computer gardens. So instead of 2D, they offered me 19-something, with little smartness for free from one youngster, and I said no way, I will fly Sahara. Walked away. Walked to Sahara, got a seat on Sixer. Came back to Indigo counter to cancel, and what do you know, they allot me 1-C!! Walked back to Sahara and said sorry.

Everything else appears to be basic minimalistic efficiency. Cabin crew wear blue skirts option blue trousers. Voice modulation training is audible. Garbage collection is also far better than other airlines using garbage bags, Indigo rolls out a trolley with a concealed garbage bag. their CEO was sitting on the over-wing seat starboard side. Flight operates DEL-PNQ-BLR and back.

One excellent innovation - boarding at DEL is done using a two-stage ramp instead of a straight gangway. This makes it possible to roll a wheelchair up, or even use the ramp as a sort of "ambu-lift". Even the bus has a flip-type wheelchair ramp, very simple solution, a hinged lid on the "floor" near one mid-door flips open to form a ramp on which you can roll the wheelchair in or out. Moreover, they keep the front rows for the disabled, which is why I probably got 1-C towards the end, because 1-D and 1-F were occupied by wheelchair people.

We were on holding pattern over Pune for almost 30 minutes, and flight was kind of bumpy at 34000 feet almost throughout.

Would I use this airline again? I think I would, if they can keep the "basic minimal efficiency" concept going, and not do things like introduce food or other grandiose scehemes. The "killer app" here is the simple A-320 configuration without fancy IFE or dream schemes, which keeps the leg room comfortable and the fares low.

I do wish they would start web check-in soon, though. Call-centre losing seat assignment is un-nerving. After all, the one differentiator between them and Air Deccan would be seat allotment. (The big differentiator between Indigo and Spicejet, ofcourse, is the A320 inner cabin size.)

Now I wait for GoAir's inaugural flight DEl-PNQ later this month.

I may fly Indigo back to Delhi on the weekend, they have a very late departure PNQ, 2150.