India-Singapore air passenger traffic has potential for further growth without competing airlines eating into each other's market share, says Indigo President Aditya Ghosh. “I really, truly believe the market will expand, so I'm not sure that we're looking at eating market share from anyone,” 

India-Singapore route recorded a 14 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger traffic to 5.1 million in 2010, according to statistics from the Changi Airport Group.

Ghosh said, “Indigo will offer a fundamentally different product from other airlines operating on India-Singapore routes. Indigo will not offer in-flight entertainment and lounges and passengers will have to pay for food, drinks and other amenities on board”.

Indigo will kick off operations to Singapore on september 15, with a Delhi-Singapore return ticket priced at Rs. 10,000. Comparatively, full-service airlines charge more than Rs. 25,000 for the same route.

After Delhi, IndiGO will operate a Mumbai-Singapore flight from October, followed by Chennai and Bangalore flights to the city state from early next year.

The India-Singapore route is served by eight airlines operating 352 weekly flights to 11 destinations, including Delhi and Mumbai. The airlines include Air India, Kingfisher Airlines, Jet Airways, Singapore Airlines and Qantas.

PTI