The airline will operate flights to Bengaluru, Chennai, Amritsar, Bhubaneshwar, Raipur, Srinagar, Bagdogra, Udaipur,Vadodara and Vishakhapatnam from T2 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. These flights will be numbered from 6E 2000 to 6E 2999
The cancellations by the two budget carriers, which operate more than 1,200 flights daily on average, may significantly disrupt the summer schedule.
Yesterday, IndiGo and GoAir had together cancelled over 65 flights due to the grounding of their 11 aircraft by the country's aviation watchdog DGCA on Monday.
IndiGo carries about 40 per cent of domestic flyers, while GoAir has a market share of around 10 per cent.
The decision comes hours after an A320 neo aircraft of IndiGo suffered engine failure mid-air and made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport.
SC had on Friday rejected IndiGo's plea challenging a Delhi High Court order to shift one-third of its Terminal 1 operations to Terminal 2 of Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The court observed that the decision of Delhi International Airport Ltd's (DIAL) to partially shift IndiGo operations from T-1 to T-2 cannot be said to be unreasonable only because it may operate harshly against that airline.
The airline in a statement said "The security lead, second lead and skipper (security personnel) have been taken off roster till IndiGo's internal enquiry in the matter is completed".
Airlines operating in the domestic market are offering discounts to lure passengers amid an increasingly competitive market.
The 26-page report "Issues related to improving consumers' satisfaction of airlines" was done after consulting with Civil Aviation officials and various industry stakeholders.
The Airbus deal with Indigo Partners will see 273 A320neos and 157 A321neos split up among Denver-based Frontier, JetSMART of Chile, Volaris of Mexico and Wizz Air of Hungary, all ultra-low-cost airlines associated with Indigo.
A wild boar strayed on the runway and came under the aircraft while it was in the last stage of taxiing, IndiGo said in a statement.
The development comes days after IndiGo had apologised to a passenger who was manhandled by the airline's ground staff at Delhi airport in October.
849.94 lakh passengers travelled on domestic flights during January-September 2017 as against 726.98 lakh during the corresponding period of previous year.
As of June 16, all the major seven domestic airlines had barred Reddy from their flights. It was alleged that he had in June created ruckus at the Visakhapatnam airport.
India has the largest fleet of A-320 Neos at present.
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