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IndiGo Chief Pieter Elbers emphasized the need for larger airlines in India to compete globally, highlighting IndiGo's goal to expand its international presence..
He stated that India's growing economy requires airlines that match its scale and potential, enabling them to compete with international carriers and serve the aspirations of the Indian population.AgenciesPieter.
India needs airlines that match the size, scale and potential of the country to compete in the global aviation space, IndiGo Chief Pieter Elbers said on Thursday..
"So, if we want to compete and bring India to the global stage, we need airlines matching that size and IndiGo clearly is going to be one of them," he said.. "Look at a country of the size and scale and potential of India..
We should have airlines like banks and consumer products, which are matching the size and the scale and the potential of the country itself," Elbers said.. India has changed enormously in the last 18 years, since the inception of IndiGo, and that changing, entrepreneurial, and aspirational India, "deserves and is waiting for a product that is cost-competitive, but yet serving the aspirational needs", Elbers said.. IndiGo is the seventh-largest airline in the world when it comes to global presence, he said, adding that the airline has the capacity to add international presence...
