IndiGo’s wet lease 777 to Istanbul

IndiGo’s deal is to wet-lease up to three Boeing 777 aircraft to deploy on international routes. A wet lease means that the airline supplying the aircraft, in this case, Turkish Airlines, will also operate the plane with its own crew and be responsible for its maintenance. IndiGo will handle ground operations in India, sell tickets on its stock, and mark the flight on its code. While earlier, a wet lease was allowed under Indian rules for six months, IndiGo has become the first beneficiary of an update to the rule and will be able to have this wet lease for a year.

IndiGo still needs to publicly comment about the service it will offer on these aircraft. Still, it is known that the aircraft inducted by IndiGo are configured with 28 business class seats and 372 economy class seats. So, for the first time, IndiGo will operate a dual-class aircraft.