IndiGo partners with Norse Atlantic for Boeing 787-9 aircraft lease

Domestic carrier IndiGo on Thursday said it has entered into a pact with Norse Atlantic Airways for the damp lease of one Boeing 787-9 aircraft, amid its reported plans to fly directly to Europe. The widebody aircraft will arrive in the country in the coming weeks and is expected to start operations in March 2025, IndiGo said in a statement.

It also said that both IndiGo and Norse Atlantic will continue exploring opportunities to contract additional aircraft and increase their collaboration further. This would be the first time the airline will induct a Boeing 787 aircraft in its fleet. As of now, Tata Group-owned Air India has these planes in operation.

IndiGo currently has two widebody B777 aircraft in its fleet of 352 operational aircraft, wet-leased from Turkish airlines with whom it has a codeshare arrangement in place, which the Gurugram-based airline operates to Istanbul from Delhi and Mumbai.