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Interference Scuttles Airlines’ Fleet Growth

Indigo wants to import 16 more A320s, but India's arcraft acquisition committee has issued clearance for only five.

By Neelam Mathews

February 18, 2013

India’s fastest growing and most successful airline–budget carrier IndiGo–has become the first victim of an October ruling by the country’s aircraft acquisition committee governing the number and kind of aircraft imported by airlines to encourage regional connectivity to smaller towns. In November, the committee, led by civil aviation minister Ajit Singh, cleared for import only five of the 16 Airbus A320-series aircraft Indigo wanted to acquire.

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