Indian airports emerging as key transit hubs: IndiGo

The government aims to transform airports into aviation hubs to enhance connectivity

- Anu Sharma & Mihir Mishra

Indian airports are steadily emerging as preferred transit destinations for travellers flying from one foreign country to another with an improved transfer experience and wider network of airlines at the right price points, a senior executive at IndiGo told Mint in an exclusive interview.

“Earlier, the Indian airports were merely destination airports, but today we find a rising trend of people flying from one part of the world and come to Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata, and take another onward flight without really exiting into any Indian city. That trend is increasing," Vinay Malhotra, head of global sales at IndiGo, said.

Further, the airline has seen an increase in tendency to transit through Indian airports by Indians as well as foreigners.