IndiGo is set to commence direct non-stop flights between Mumbai and Amsterdam starting July 2, 2025, marking its entry into long-haul European operations. The airline will also launch flights on the Mumbai–Manchester route one day earlier, on July 1, 2025. Upgrading its in-flight dining experience, IndiGo also announced that complimentary hot meals and beverages will be served to all customers on this route. The thrice weekly service, operated with IndiGo’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, marks the airline’s strategic foray into long-haul operations to meet the growing demand for air travel between India and Europe, facilitated by Indian operators. The flights are open for bookings across channels, including IndiGo’s official website www.goIndiGo.in, mobile app, and authorized travel partners.
Flight 6E 0021 will depart from Mumbai at 05:25 AM and arrive in Amsterdam at 11:00 AM on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
Flight 6E 0022 will depart from Amsterdam at 2:00 PM and arrive in Mumbai at 1:55 AM the following day on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Pieter Elbers, Chief Executive Officer, IndiGo, said, “I am thrilled to announce IndiGo’s long-haul debut to Amsterdam. We are stretching our wings further to enhance accessibility and convenience to customers traveling to Europe for leisure, business, and education, as well as unlocking IndiGo’s unparalleled domestic network, showcasing ‘India by IndiGo’ to foreign travellers. Celebrating India and its unique cuisine, we’re very proud to announce specially curated complimentary hot meals and beverages by iconic home-grown Indian brands will be served to all our customers on this route. This will a major milestone in our international growth journey as we move towards our vision to become a global aviation leader, propelling India’s ambition of transforming into a global aviation hub. The Netherlands and India share a strong and thriving bilateral relationship, and this new non-stop, thrice weekly service between Mumbai and Amsterdam will only deepen the growing ties between the two nations. We are closely working with Schiphol Airport to provide customers with our quintessential seamless and hassle-free travel experience. With this route, we continue to bridge economies, cultures, and communities, while tapping into new, exciting markets rich in history and potential. With every new global connection, IndiGo is taking India to the world and bringing the world to India.”
This is the start of a truly exciting new chapter in IndiGo’s growth journey, with Amsterdam and Manchester being the initial long-haul destinations. With the introduction of more 787-9 from Norse, and the arrival of IndiGo’s A321XLRs starting this year and A350 from 2027, will usher in a new era, enabling the airline to offer long-haul flights with IndiGo’s unique value proposition
Aircraft configuration
To give wings to its long-haul dreams, IndiGo recently signed agreements with Norse Atlantic Airways to damp-lease six Boeing 787-9 aircraft. The first Norse-operated flight for IndiGo took off in March 2025 on the Mumbai-Bangkok route. With the three additional aircraft IndiGo is planning to lay a strong foundation for intercontinental growth, while the airline awaits the delivery of its A321XLR from this year and A350-900 aircraft from 2027 onwards. The wide-body aircraft boasts a spacious double-aisle design, featuring 56 IndiGoStretch seats in a comfortable 2x3x2 configuration, with an impressive 43-inch seat pitch. The economy class offers 282 seats in a 3x3x3 configuration, providing a generous 31-inch seat pitch for a relaxed travel experience.
The IndiGoStretch Experience
IndiGoStretch customers on this new route will enjoy an elevated in-flight dining experience with specially curated complimentary hot meals served with the finest alcohol catered by award-winning iconic Indian brands, promising a journey as enjoyable as the destination. IndiGo’s tailor-made business product, IndiGoStretch, offers extra legroom, comfortable seating, and increased recline, designed to elevate comfort during long-haul journeys. In addition to complimentary benefits like priority check-in, anytime boarding, advanced seat selection, and zero convenience fee, customers will also get additional baggage allowance starting from 30 kg in check-in and one bag weighing up to 12 kg in the cabin.
In-flight Dining
In its first, IndiGo is offering complimentary hot meals onboard for all customers in IndiGoStretch and Economy cabins on this route. The food and beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be complimentary for the IndiGoStretch customers. While in economy, the meals and non-alcoholic beverages will be served on a complimentary basis; however, alcoholic beverages can be purchased onboard. The high-quality meals will be vegetarian by default, although an option to pre-book non-vegetarian meals will be available at the time of booking.
