IndiGo Airlines Codeshare Partners and Flights to New Destinations

IndiGo Airlines has, over a period of time, entered into codeshare agreements with a number of foreign airlines for providing connectivity to passengers beyond their own routes. Another major benefit of these agreements is that the airlines are prevented from adding their own capacity and, therefore, save on the capital expenditure! The first airline with which the codeshare agreement was launched by IndiGo was the Turkish Airline and the most recent one is with Japan Airlines.

Turkish Airlines

Partnership with Turkish Airlines enables IndiGo passengers to book flights to 30 destinations across Europe. IndiGo terms it as 6Europe. These destinations are Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Basel, Birmingham, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Geneva, Lisbon, London, Lyon, Madrid, Malta, Manchester, Milan, Nice, Paris, Porto, Prague, Rome, Salzburg, Sofia, Tel Aviv, Toulouse, Valencia, Varna, Venice, Vienna and Zurich.

Air France-KLM

Under the agreement Air France and KLM will open over 250 destinations to IndiGo flyers. These include more than 120 destinations in Europe and about 50 in the Americas. On its part, IndiGo will open up 30 destinations in India to Air France-KLM group.

Before this agreement, Air France operated flights to the Indian cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, while KLM served Delhi and Mumbai from Amsterdam.

American Airlines

AA used to fly non-stop between Delhi and New York and also between Bengaluru and Seattle. By entering into the codeshare agreement with IndiGo, the US carrier will be able to extend the flight bookings to 29 cities in India.

British Airways

IndiGo entered into codeshare agreement with British Airways in 2023. The full list of new codeshare routes is as follows:

• London Heathrow to Amritsar via New Delhi
• London Heathrow to Kochi via Mumbai
• London Heathrow to Ahmedabad via Mumbai
• London Heathrow to Goa via Mumbai
• London Heathrow to Thiruvananthapuram via Mumbai
• London Heathrow to Kolkata via Mumbai
• London Heathrow to Rajkot (Hirasar) via Mumbai
• London Heathrow to Vadodara via Mumbai

Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines operates flights to nine key hubs in India- New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kochi and Trivandrum. The codeshare agreement will provide opportunities for both airlines to operate flights to destinations reached on each other’s network.

Qantas

Qantas operated a direct route between Sydney and Bengaluru (Bangalore) before entering into the codeshare agreement with IndiGo.

Now, after the agreement, the airline will provide direct connections to 22 cities in India. Qantas passengers will be able to transit seamlessly from Qantas flights in Delhi, Bengaluru and Singapore onto IndiGo flights.

Flying from Brisbane, Sydney, Perth and Melbourne, to Singapore, the passengers will be able to book IndiGo flights to Delhi and Mumbai from Singapore.

The partnership will also extend to Jetstar, another Australian airline customers who will be able to book connecting flights on IndiGo services through its Jetstar Connect platform on jetstar.com

Qatar Airways

This agreement will enable Qatar Airways to place its code on IndiGo flights between Doha and Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. The agreement was initially reached in 2019 but it was discontinued in Covid times. Both airlines had decided to restart it in 2022.

Before the agreement, Qatar Airways operated flights between Doha and 13 cities in India, and IndiGo operated flight between Doha and 8 Indian cities.

After the agreement, the Qatar Airways code will be placed on IndiGo operated flights between Doha and Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kochi and Kozhikode.

Virgin Atlantic

As per the agreement reached in 2022, customers booking a Virgin Atlantic ticket will be able to fly on the airline’s London Heathrow to Delhi and Mumbai flights and connect to and from 7 additional cities in India which was expanded to cover 16 destinations in India. IndiGo passengers will be able to book flights onto Virgin Atlantic’s US destinations from London’s Heathrow airport.

The initial codeshare destinations in India include Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Goa, Delhi, Amritsar and Mumbai. The additional destinations will include Kochi, Chandigarh, Vadodara, Indore, Coimbatore, Nagpur, Jaipur, Pune and Visakhapatnam.

Japan Airlines

The cooperation will allow Japan Airlines to strengthen its connectivity into India, while opening up more travel options for IndiGo customers on JAL’s network.

 JAL operated daily services between Tokyo Haneda and Delhi, and three times a week services between Tokyo Narita and Bengaluru at the time of this agreement.

JAL will be able to enhance its network in Indian cities such as Tiruchirappalli, Pune, Lucknow, Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi, Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Varanasi and Goa.