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Ahmedabad, Nov. 20 IndiGo, the largest low-fare airline in India having a 13 per cent market share in the country, will fight the global economic slowdown blues by offering improved, value-for-money service, instead of resorting to measures like a cut in workforce or salaries.

IndiGo on Thursday announced an addition of new round-trip, non-stop daily flights from Ahmedabad to Mumbai and Jaipur, as well as new round-trip services from Ahmedabad to Hyderabad and Chennai via Mumbai starting December 1, 2008. Newer routes would be added on demand, said an official.

The company, which is in an expansion mode and acquiring its nineteenth aircraft, an Airbus 320, next month, has no plans to lay off any of the 2,100 employees nor send them on leave without pay. “In fact, we are hiring new staff at present,” said Mr Aditya Ghosh, President.

IndiGo’s major workforce is Indian but it also has expatriate pilots, he said. What we are offering, he said, is a clean, dot-on-time service, affordable fare and a hassle-free experience. Our on-time performance is 94 per cent. We have a fleet of 18 aircraft, all Airbus 320, on operating lease and from December 1, we will be operating a total of 120 flights across 17 destinations in India.

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