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53-638: Jabalpur Airport ( IATA : JLR , ICAO : VAJB ), also known as Dumna Airport , is a domestic airport serving the city of Jabalpur , Madhya Pradesh , India . It is located at Dumna, 25 km (16 mi) east of the city. It is the third busiest airport in Madhya Pradesh after Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport in Indore and Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal in terms of both passenger and aircraft movements. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has upgraded

106-512: A ₹ 30 lakh (US$ 36,000) fine on IndiGo for certain systemic deficiencies concerning documentation pertaining to operations, training, and engineering procedures. As of September 2024 , IndiGo operates more than 2,000 daily flights to 122 destinations, 88 in India and 34 abroad. Its main base is located at Delhi , with additional bases at Bangalore , Chennai , Hyderabad , Kolkata , Mumbai , and Kochi . In January 2011, IndiGo received

159-485: A 14 km (8.7 mi) long boundary wall, a 5 km (3.1 mi) long approach road connecting airport to the city, a 32-metre (105 ft) high new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower cum technical block, apron, taxiway, isolation bay and a fire station at a cost of Rs. 412 crores. Hence, the foundation stone was laid on 13 August 2018, by Suresh Prabhu , Jayant Sinha , Rakesh Singh amongst others. These upgrades were expected to be completed by December 2021, but due to

212-461: A deal worth US$ 15 billion. In January 2011, after completing five years of operations, the airline was permitted to launch international flights. In December 2011, the DGCA expressed reservations that the rapid expansion could impact passenger safety. In February 2012, IndiGo took delivery of its 50th aircraft, less than six years after it began operations. For the quarter ending March 2012, IndiGo

265-483: A fleet of 389 aircraft. Being a low-cost carrier, IndiGo offers only economy class seating. To keep fares low, IndiGo does not provide complimentary meals in any of its flights. While it has a buy-on board in-flight meal programme, no hot meals are available as, to minimise costs, IndiGo aircraft are not equipped with ovens. However, hot drinks and instant meals prepared with hot water like instant noodles , upma and poha are available. No in-flight entertainment

318-546: A fleet of over 385 aircraft. It has its primary hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport , Delhi . The airline was founded as a private company by Rahul Bhatia of InterGlobe Enterprises and Rakesh Gangwal in 2006. It took delivery of its first aircraft in July 2006 and commenced operations a month later. The airline became the largest Indian carrier by passenger market share in 2012. The company went public in November 2015. IndiGo

371-410: A license to operate international flights after completing five years of operations. IndiGo's first international service was launched between New Delhi and Dubai on 1 September 2011. On 25 October 2024, the airline announced that it will expand its international destinations to Langkawi and Penang . IndiGo codeshares with the following airlines: As of September 2024 , IndiGo operates

424-550: A new airport is built, replacing the old one, leaving the city's new "major" airport (or the only remaining airport) code to no longer correspond with the city's name. The original airport in Nashville, Tennessee, was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and called Berry Field with the designation, BNA. A new facility known as Nashville International Airport was built in 1987 but still uses BNA. This

477-436: A parking for one A-320 / B-737 or 2 ATR-72 aircraft. ILS is under process after completion of runway expansion, by CNS team and ADS-B and RCAG is going to commissioned soon. The newly expanded runway, 2,750 m (9,022 ft) long, was successfully trialed by a Delhi–Jabalpur IndiGo Airlines flight on Saturday, 27 May 2023, and came under regular operation the next week. With the runway expansion, Jabalpur Airport

530-513: A single type of aircraft (Airbus A320) in similar seating configuration which simplifies crew training and maintenance. The airline strikes bulk deals with Airbus, reducing unit costs. The airline targets a quick turn-around time of 20 minutes to get the aircraft ready for the next flight, ensuring planes fly about 12 hours every day. Employees share multiple roles with a check-in staff doubling as baggage handlers. In July 2023, Indian aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation imposed

583-481: A year after placing the order. It commenced operations on 4 August 2006 with a service from New Delhi to Imphal via Guwahati . By the end of 2006, the airline had six aircraft, and nine more were acquired in 2007. In December 2010, IndiGo replaced state-run carrier Air India as the third largest airline in India, behind Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways with a passenger market share of 17.3%. In 2011, IndiGo placed an order for 180 Airbus A320 aircraft in

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636-499: Is GSN and its IATA code is SPN, and some coincide with IATA codes of non-U.S. airports. Canada's unusual codes—which bear little to no similarity with any conventional abbreviation to the city's name—such as YUL in Montréal , and YYZ in Toronto , originated from the two-letter codes used to identify weather reporting stations in the 1930s. The letters preceding the two-letter code follow

689-560: Is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon , Haryana , India. It is the largest airline in India by passengers carried and fleet size, with a 63.3% domestic market share as of October 2024. It is the largest individual Asian airline, and one of the largest in the world in terms of passengers carried, with more than 100 million passengers carried in 2023. As of November 2024 , IndiGo operates over 2,000 daily flights to 122 destinations – 88 domestic and 34 international, with

742-414: Is available and Hello 6E is the in-flight magazine published by IndiGo. IndiGo offers premium services, where the passengers can avail additional benefits like a pre-assigned seat, multiple cancellations and priority check-in at a higher fare. In September 2019, the company announced its tie up with SonyLIV , an on demand video app for providing its passengers with entertainment options in-flight and at

795-600: Is available. However, many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations, such as the list of Amtrak station codes . Airport codes arose out of the convenience that the practice brought pilots for location identification in the 1930s. Initially, pilots in the United States used the two-letter code from the National Weather Service (NWS) for identifying cities. This system became unmanageable for cities and towns without an NWS identifier, and

848-401: Is constructed and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conferencing on 10 March 2024. The terminal has three aerobridges , an advanced baggage screening system and a car parking for more than 250 cars and buses. The new terminal also includes the extension of runway to 2,750 metres (9,022 ft) from the current 1,988 metres (6,522 ft) with one end with ILS facility,

901-518: Is different from the name in English, yet the airport code represents only the English name. Examples include: Due to scarcity of codes, some airports are given codes with letters not found in their names: The use of 'X' as a filler letter is a practice to create three-letter identifiers when more straightforward options were unavailable: Some airports in the United States retained their NWS ( National Weather Service ) codes and simply appended an X at

954-404: Is equipped with runway lighting, car-calling, night landing facilities, a food stall and an ATM. The Government of Madhya Pradesh had provided with Tourism Information Center and medical facilities like first-aid, MIR, and doctors and nurse will be provided soon. The new terminal building, spread over an area of 115,180 sq.ft. (10,701 m), with a capacity to handle 800 passengers during peak hours

1007-488: Is going to be installed after completion of RWY expansion. Airport have also airport system and security facilities for APSUs like CCTV , X-ray machines , ETD , FIDS , PA SYSTEMS , DFMD , HHMD . The facilities are installed, operated, managed by CNS team of AAI . The runway is capable of serving narrow body aircraft including Airbus 320 family/Boeing 737-800 and is equipped with night landing facilities, DVOR / DME , NDB and precision approach path indicator . It has

1060-513: Is in conjunction to rules aimed to avoid confusion that seem to apply in the United States, which state that "the first and second letters or second and third letters of an identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation." Thus, Washington, D.C. area's three airports all have radically different codes: IAD for Washington–Dulles , DCA for Washington–Reagan (District of Columbia Airport), and BWI for Baltimore (Baltimore–Washington International, formerly BAL). Since HOU

1113-532: Is not followed outside the United States: In addition, since three letter codes starting with Q are widely used in radio communication, cities whose name begins with "Q" also had to find alternate codes, as in the case of: IATA codes should not be confused with the FAA identifiers of U.S. airports. Most FAA identifiers agree with the corresponding IATA codes, but some do not, such as Saipan , whose FAA identifier

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1166-558: Is now home to the second longest runway in Madhya Pradesh , next only to that of Indore Airport (2,754 m or 9,035 ft) and ahead of the runways at Bhopal Airport (2,744 m or 9,003 ft), Gwalior Airport (2,743 m or 8,999 ft), and Khajuraho Airport (2,274 m or 7,461 ft). The new terminal building has been designed to accommodate 800 passengers at the peak hours. It has 14 check-in desks apart from CCTV's and an X-ray machine for security. The airport

1219-675: Is the second-largest low-cost carrier in Asia in terms of seats flown. In August 2015, IndiGo placed an order for 250 Airbus A320neo aircraft worth $ 27 billion, making it the largest single order ever in Airbus history. IndiGo announced a ₹ 3,018 crore (equivalent to ₹ 36 billion or US$ 430 million in 2023) initial public offering on 19 October 2015 which opened on 27 October 2015. In October 2019, IndiGo placed an order for 300 Airbus A320neo aircraft worth ₹ 2.3 lakh crore (US$ 28 billion), surpassing its own record of

1272-416: Is used for William P. Hobby Airport , the new Houston–Intercontinental became IAH. The code BKK was originally assigned to Bangkok–Don Mueang and was later transferred to Suvarnabhumi Airport , while the former adopted DMK. The code ISK was originally assigned to Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik's old airport) and later on transferred to Ozar Airport (Nashik's current airport). Shanghai–Hongqiao retained

1325-889: The COVID-19 pandemic , which faced delays in work, it got delayed, and was finally completed and inaugurated on 10 March 2024. IATA airport code The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it is administered by the IATA's headquarters in Montreal , Canada. The codes are published semi-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA provides codes for airport handling entities, and for certain railway stations. Alphabetical lists of airports sorted by IATA code are available. A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF , and Deutsche Bahn ,

1378-561: The Canadian transcontinental railroads were built, each station was assigned its own two-letter Morse code : When the Canadian government established airports, it used the existing railway codes for them as well. If the airport had a weather station, authorities added a "Y" to the front of the code, meaning "Yes" to indicate it had a weather station or some other letter to indicate it did not. When international codes were created in cooperation with

1431-502: The 1920s, within a racecourse inside the city limits of Jabalpur. In 2015, the State government handed over 468.43 acres (189.57 ha) of land to the AAI for expansion of the airport. The new terminal building was commissioned on 10 March 2024, being built at a cost of Rs 412 crore. Airport has CNS/ATM facility like VHF , ATIS , DVR , AFTN , DVOR / DME , ADS-B , RCAG. ILS and Automation

1484-415: The 7th tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh also lies in close vicinity to Jabalpur and can be easily visited. Bhedaghat , Dhuandhar Falls , Amarkantak , Panchmarhi , and Khajuraho are easily accessible through Jabalpur. The airport is spread over an area of 960 acres (390 ha). Alliance Air , and IndiGo operate scheduled flight services to and from Jabalpur Airport. The airport was constructed during

1537-514: The British era. The airport was opened in the 1930s and used periodically by the Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps before and during World War II . It was commonly known as Jubbulpore Aerodrome, and had a dirt runway until the 1960s. The new paved runway was built atop the original dirt runway, in the same alignment. Before the aerodrome at Dumna was opened, planes had been landing, even in

1590-468: The U.S. For example, several airports in Alaska have scheduled commercial service, such as Stebbins and Nanwalek , which use FAA codes instead of ICAO codes. Thus, neither system completely includes all airports with scheduled service. Some airports are identified in colloquial speech by their IATA code. Examples include LAX and JFK . IndiGo InterGlobe Aviation Limited ( d/b/a IndiGo ),

1643-481: The United States, because "Y" was seldom used in the United States, Canada simply used the weather station codes for its airports, changing the "Y" to a "Z" if it conflicted with an airport code already in use. The result is that most major Canadian airport codes start with "Y" followed by two letters in the city's name (for example, YOW for O tta w a , YWG for W innipe g , YYC for C algar y , or YVR for V ancouve r ), whereas other Canadian airports append

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1696-489: The aircraft painted in Indigo with the logo in white. The flight attendants wear a single-piece navy-blue tunic with a cap and a thin indigo belt. The airline has the tagline on-time focusing on punctuality. IndiGo became one of the fastest growing low-cost carriers in the world and the largest airline in India. The success of IndiGo has been attributed to its unique business model which reduces costs. The airline operates

1749-440: The airport itself instead of the city it serves, while another code is reserved which refers to the city itself which can be used to search for flights to any of its airports. For instance: Or using a code for the city in one of the major airports and then assigning another code to another airport: When different cities with the same name each have an airport, they need to be assigned different codes. Examples include: Sometimes,

1802-517: The airport to provide better services to the air travellers of the region. The airport serves the whole of eastern Madhya Pradesh , especially the Mahakaushal region. The tourists visiting Kanha National Park , Bandhavgarh National Park , Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary and Pench National Park can conveniently approach multiple National Parks of Madhya Pradesh keeping it as the centre point. The recently notified Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve ,

1855-418: The airport's former name, such as Orlando International Airport 's MCO (for Mc C o y Air Force Base), or Chicago's O'Hare International Airport , which is coded ORD for its original name: Or char d Field. In rare cases, the code comes from the airport's unofficial name, such as Kahului Airport 's OGG (for local aviation pioneer Jimmy H ogg ). In large metropolitan areas, airport codes are often named after

1908-470: The announcement of the Civil Aviation Ministry that it would allow IndiGo to take delivery of only five aircraft that year, the airline planned to introduce low-cost regional flights by setting up a subsidiary. Later, IndiGo announced that it planned to seek permission from the ministry to acquire four more aircraft, therefore taking delivery of nine aircraft in 2013. As of March 2014 , IndiGo

1961-491: The code SHA, while the newer Shanghai–Pudong adopted PVG. The opposite was true for Berlin : the airport Berlin–Tegel used the code TXL, while its smaller counterpart Berlin–Schönefeld used SXF; the Berlin Brandenburg Airport has the airport code BER, which is also part of its branding. The airports of Hamburg (HAM) and Hannover (HAJ) are less than 100 nautical miles (190 km) apart and therefore share

2014-919: The end. Examples include: A lot of minor airfields without scheduled passenger traffic have ICAO codes but not IATA codes, since the four letter codes allow more number of codes, and IATA codes are mainly used for passenger services such as tickets, and ICAO codes by pilots. In the US, such airfields use FAA codes instead of ICAO. There are airports with scheduled service for which there are ICAO codes but not IATA codes, such as Nkhotakota Airport/Tangole Airport in Malawi or Chōfu Airport in Tokyo, Japan. There are also several minor airports in Russia (e.g., Omsukchan Airport ) which lack IATA codes and instead use internal Russian codes for booking. Flights to these airports cannot be booked through

2067-451: The first wide-body aircraft , a Boeing 777-300ER to its fleet. In June 2023, the airline placed an order for 500 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, making it the largest aircraft order in commercial aviation history. As of November 2023, IndiGo had a 61.8% domestic market share. In December 2023, IndiGo became the first Indian airline to have ferried more than 100 million passengers in a calendar year. In April 2024, IndiGo formally entered

2120-557: The first three letters of the city in which it is located, for instance: The code may also be a combination of the letters in its name, such as: Sometimes the airport code reflects pronunciation, rather than spelling, namely: For many reasons, some airport codes do not fit the normal scheme described above. Some airports, for example, cross several municipalities or regions, and therefore, use codes derived from some of their letters, resulting in: Other airports—particularly those serving cities with multiple airports—have codes derived from

2173-474: The following format: Most large airports in Canada have codes that begin with the letter "Y", although not all "Y" codes are Canadian (for example, YUM for Yuma, Arizona , and YNT for Yantai , China), and not all Canadian airports start with the letter "Y" (for example, ZBF for Bathurst, New Brunswick ). Many Canadian airports have a code that starts with W, X or Z, but none of these are major airports. When

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2226-593: The form of " YYZ ", a song by the rock band Rush , which utilizes the Morse code signal as a musical motif. Some airports have started using their IATA codes as brand names , such as Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Numerous New Zealand airports use codes that contain the letter Z, to distinguish them from similar airport names in other countries. Examples include HLZ for Hamilton , ZQN for Queenstown , and WSZ for Westport . Predominantly, airport codes are named after

2279-482: The international air booking systems or have international luggage transferred there, and thus, they are booked instead through the airline or a domestic booking system. Several heliports in Greenland have 3-letter codes used internally which might be IATA codes for airports in faraway countries. There are several airports with scheduled service that have not been assigned ICAO codes that do have IATA codes, especially in

2332-400: The largest single order ever in Airbus history. In December 2019, the airline became the first Indian airline to operate 1,500 daily flights. On 31 December 2019, it became India's first airline to have a fleet size of more than 250 aircraft. In January 2023, the airline became the first Indian airline to have a fleet size of more than 300 aircraft. In February 2023, the airline inducted

2385-612: The name of the airport itself, for instance: This is also true with some cities with a single airport (even if there is more than one airport in the metropolitan area of said city), such as BDL for Hartford, Connecticut 's B ra dl ey International Airport or Baltimore's BWI, for B altimore/ W ashington I nternational Airport ; however, the latter also serves Washington, D.C. , alongside Dulles International Airport (IAD, for I nternational A irport D ulles) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA, for D istrict of C olumbia A irport). The code also sometimes comes from

2438-416: The one they are located in: Other airport codes are of obscure origin, and each has its own peculiarities: In Asia, codes that do not correspond with their city's names include Niigata 's KIJ , Nanchang 's KHN and Pyongyang 's FNJ . EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg , which serves three countries, has three airport codes: BSL, MLH, EAP. Some cities have a name in their respective language which

2491-501: The same first and middle letters, indicating that this rule might be followed only in Germany. Many cities retain historical names in their airport codes, even after having undergone an official name/spelling/transliteration change: Some airport codes are based on previous names associated with a present airport, often with a military heritage. These include: Some airports are named for an administrative division or nearby city, rather than

2544-497: The station code of Malton, Mississauga , where it is located). YUL is used for Montréal–Trudeau (UL was the ID code for the beacon in the city of Kirkland , now the location of Montréal–Trudeau). While these codes make it difficult for the public to associate them with a particular Canadian city, some codes have become popular in usage despite their cryptic nature, particularly at the largest airports. Toronto's code has entered pop culture in

2597-504: The two-letter code of the radio beacons that were the closest to the actual airport, such as YQX in Gander or YXS in Prince George . Four of the ten provincial capital airports in Canada have ended up with codes beginning with YY, including: Canada's largest airport is YYZ for Toronto Pearson (as YTZ was already allocated to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , the airport was given

2650-529: The use of two letters allowed only a few hundred combinations; a three-letter system of airport codes was implemented. This system allowed for 17,576 permutations, assuming all letters can be used in conjunction with each other. Since the U.S. Navy reserved "N" codes, and to prevent confusion with Federal Communications Commission broadcast call signs , which begin with "W" or "K", the airports of certain U.S. cities whose name begins with one of these letters had to adopt "irregular" airport codes: This practice

2703-410: The wide-body space by placing an order of 30 A350-900s , with 70 options. The delivery of these aircraft will begin in 2027. IndiGo is headquartered in Gurgaon , India. The company is publicly listed under the moniker NSE : INDIGO. Twenty dots arranged in the shape of an aircraft serves as the logo of the airline. The airline uses a two tone blue livery on a white background with the belly of

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2756-640: Was ranked as the fifteenth most punctual airline globally in 2022 by OAG . IndiGo was founded in 2006 as a private company by Rahul Bhatia of InterGlobe Enterprises and Rakesh Gangwal , a United States–based expatriate Indian . InterGlobe had a 51.12% stake in IndiGo and 47.88% was held by Gangwal's Virginia -based company, Caelum Investments. IndiGo placed a firm order for 100 Airbus A320-200 aircraft in June 2005 with plans to begin operations in mid-2006. IndiGo took delivery of its first aircraft on 28 July 2006, nearly

2809-428: Was the most profitable airline in India and became the second largest airline in India in terms of passenger market share. On 17 August 2012, IndiGo became the largest airline in India in terms of market share surpassing Jet Airways , six years after commencing operations. In January 2013, IndiGo was the second-fastest-growing low-cost carrier in Asia behind Indonesian airline Lion Air . In February 2013, following

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