The airline backed by ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and which has former IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh on board is in final negotiations with aircraft manufacturer Boeing for an order of up to 100 737 Max. It aims to start operations by the summer of 2022.

Goel with over 16 years of experience in various field’s of finance was a core member of the team which led IndiGo’s public listing in 2015 raising Rs 3,000 crore followed by a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) in 2017 which raised around Rs 4,000 crore.

While Jhunjhunwala has invested Rs 247.50 crore in the airline, another big name is DalaI street, Madhav Bhatkuly, the founder of investment fund New Horizon, has also invested around Rs 6 crore in the company.

Bhatkuly is known for identifying big companies at early stage and was among the first institutional investors in many leading names of India Inc like—-Sun Pharma, Godrej Consumer, Axis Bank and Apollo Hospitals.

With Goel’s hiring, the airline has now completed hiring of its top management. While promoter Vinay Dube will be the CEO, Praveen Iyer will be the Chief Commercial Officer. Iyer, a former colleague of Dubey at Jet Airways is one of the founding members of the team along with Neelu Khatri who has been appointed as head of corporate affairs and was most recently president of Honeywell Business in India.

The official Twitter handle of IndiGo airlines tweeted on Wednesday: “Got vaccinated? Grab this exclusive offer!”

An airline spokesperson said that: “Passengers who have availed the offer at the time of booking shall be required to furnish a valid Covid-19 vaccination certificate, issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Alternately, they can display their vaccination status on the Aarogya Setu mobile application at the airport check-in counter/boarding gate.”

Chief strategy and revenue officer of Indigo, Sanjay Kumar said that the aim behind launching this offer is to motivate more to get vaccinated and contribute towards a common national goal. “This offer will not only strengthen their resolve towards vaccination but also ensure that they can travel safely at affordable fares with IndiGo. We are committed to offering an on-time, hassle-free travel experience to our customers, on-board our lean, clean flying machine,” said the officer.

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