Hong Kong, March 31 -- TrueNoord last month announced it had commenced the delivery cycle of the five new ATR 72 600s it had leased to InterGlobe Aviation. The conglomerate owns Indian LCC, IndiGo.

The first two of the leased aircraft arrived at the Delhi-based carrier in December with the remaining three airliners to be delivered later this year.

TrueNoord CEO, Anne-Bart Tieleman, said: "These brand new ATRs are the first regional aircraft delivered into India by TrueNoord so it is an important milestone for us. They bring our portfolio of new ATRs to nine and increase our fleet of regional aircraft to 34.

"We are very proud to support IndiGo's domestic operation which is going from strength to strength." The lessor recently purchased a...