Turkish Airlines has taken delivery of a very high density 777-300ER that it will utilize for wet lease service on behalf of IndiGo. Your upgrades odds won’t be great on this one… In this case, Turkish Airlines will operate the service for IndiGo with Turkish Airlines crews. A wet lease is an agreement between air carriers in which the aircraft is operated under the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) of the Lessor.

Turkish Airlines and IndiGo are codeshare partners. These ex-Azur Air jets will be utilized by Indian budget carrier IndiGo, which is wet leasing the planes from Turkish Airlines as it launches its first international widebody service between Istanbul (IST) and both New Delhi (DEL) and Mumbai (BOM). Some of the high-density planes were subsequently sold. Quite a difference from 524 economy class seats and seven business class seats… How IndiGo Fits In In 2021, Azur Air acquired three ex-Cathay Pacific 777-300s, with only 275 seats, including: Granted, this was only a three hour flight from Los Angeles to Mexico City aboard a 737-800. As it turned out, my flight on Aeromexico wasn’t bad at all. One Mile At A Time has written about Azur Air and its unique 777, which was used for its charter services. Based on some of the comments when I announced that I had booked a trip to Paris on Aeromexico, I was bracing myself for horrific service and inedible food.