New Delhi, May 21 (PTI) Interglobe Aviation, the country’s largest airline Indigo’s parents on Wednesday posted their highest quarter fourth profit after a tax of Rs 3,067.5 crore, mainly helped in demand for strong air travel.
After tax in three months ended March 2025, the company’s profit increased by Rs 1,894.8 crore from Rs 1,894.8 crore. Its board has recommended dividends of Rs 10 per equity share.
In the fourth quarter of the financial year of 2024–25, IndiGo’s capacity increased by 21 percent to 42.1 billion, while according to a release, the number of passengers increased by 19.6 percent to 31.9 million.
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A year ago, in the same period, the total income in the fourth quarter of 2024-25 financial year increased to Rs 23,097.5 crore.
For the financial year ending March 2025, inspired by the strong demand for air travel and execution of our strategy, IndiGo reported a healthy net profit of Rs 72,584 million. Except for the impact of foreign currency, IndiGo reported a net profit of Rs 88,676 million, maintaining a strong performance as last year.
“For the quarter ended March 2025, IndiGo reported a net profit of Rs 30,675 million, which is the fourth quarter ever.”
In the March quarter, IndiGo passenger ticket revenue rose by 25.4 percent to Rs 195,673 million and a year ago, auxiliary revenue increased by 25.2 percent to Rs 21,525 million as compared to the same period.
In a briefing about the results, IndiGo CEO Peter Alber said that the airline ran 118 million passengers in 2024–25.
In the first quarter of the financial year 2026, IndiGo said, the capacity in terms of inquiry (available seat kilometers) is expected to rise to mid-skills compared to the first quarter of FY 2025.
According to Albers, the number of grounded aircraft is currently in the 40s, decreasing from the 50s in the fourth quarter to the third quarter in the 60s.
The aircraft are mainly on the ground due to the issues of Pratt and Whitney Engine.
On questions related to the closure of Pakistan airspiece, Albers stated that with 34 flights fly for a long 20 minutes and has some financial impacts.
He said, “We have two international stations being canceled … We want it not there, but IndiGo could live with it,” he said that he referred to the suspension of flights to Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Tashkent (Uzbekistan).
Daily flights from Delhi to two destinations were suspended due to lack of aircraft’s operational limit.
“When airspace sanctions are lifted, we will re -present our flights again for Tushtant and Almaty,” Elbs said.
Regarding questions about losses due to recent flight disruption, the CEO of Indigo stated that for about a week, about 170 flights were canceled, but it is difficult to mention accurate losses.
He said, “Traffic is returning … We are confident that we will see a recovery from June.”
The airline has a fleet of over 400 aircraft and operates more than 2,200 daily flights connecting domestic and international destinations.
“We hope that A321 XLRs will come in the current financial year, perhaps even before the end of this calendar year but it is working on progress. XLRS will come with two cabin configurations …” Albers said.
He refused to comment on a question about those reports that the rival Air India asked the government to review Indigo’s partnership with Turkish Airlines and said, “We move forward when we serve our customers”.
The release stated that IndiGo had a total cash balance of 481,705 million, including 331,531 million free cash and Rs 150,174 million banned cash. ,
The company’s shares on BSE closed Rs 5,448. PTI Ram Shri
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