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Sotonsean
And where exactly does it state Stansted.
IndiGo are potentially leasing six Boeing 789 aircraft from Norse Atlantic Airways so that they can bring forward their planned flights to Europe. IndiGo has stated that London and Paris will be the airlines first two destinations in Europe. IndiGo are also trying to bring forward the delivery dates of their Airbus A350's.
I personally would like to see IndiGo announce London Stansted, but IndiGo might well look to London Gatwick instead. With Norse Atlantic already at LGW with a ground team already in place, it would be an obvious candidate. IndiGo, on the other hand, would be a great addition to London Stansted and another step in the right direction regarding additional long-haul airlines.
They were looking to launch from STN in 2019/20 but came to the conclusion they needed wide-bodies before considering a London route. At the time they had only secured very sub-optimal slots at LGW hence STN became their intention. Then of course Covid happened and with Air India also launching what turned out to be a very short-lived STN-BOM route probably factored into their thinking as well. This time round the prospects could be very different and LGW could well be their choice after all. MAG will certainly want to sell the STN business-case being strategically located between London and the biomedical sciences through the Cambridge South development, but in the end IndiGo will choose where they see the highest yield potential.