新德里，11月2日电 印度最大航空公司印地戈航空（IndiGo）首席执行官威利·沃尔什周一表示，由于巴基斯坦禁飞领空以及中东局势动荡打断了西向航班，印地戈航空可能会比原计划更早将运力投入部分国际市场。
DELHI, Nov 2 - IndiGo may move capacity into some international markets sooner than it had planned as an airspace ban over Pakistan and disruption in the Middle East interrupt westbound flights for India's largest airline, its CEO said on Monday.
沃尔什于8月出任印地戈航空首席执行官。他说，因沙特阿拉伯的安全局势，该航空公司已削减每天约30个航班，但已恢复网络中几乎所有其余航班。
Willie Walsh, who became IndiGo CEO in August, said the airline has cut about 30 flights a day because of the security situation in Saudi Arabia but has restored nearly all of the rest of its network.
10月，也门伊朗支持的胡塞武装声称对利雅得主机场发动袭击，迫使航空公司取消飞往沙特阿拉伯的航班。
Attacks on Riyadh's main airport in October, which were claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, forced airlines to cancel flights to the kingdom.
这些干扰给印地戈航空带来挑战，因为该公司正寻求拓展超越其占主导地位的国内市场，并与成熟的国际航空公司竞争。
The disruptions pose a challenge for IndiGo as it seeks to expand beyond its dominant domestic market and take on established international carriers.
上个月，在高燃油成本、领空限制和汇率压力破坏了运营后，印地戈航空终止了从北欧大西洋航空（Norse Atlantic Airways）租赁波音787飞机的安排，在计划于2028年接收空客A350飞机前暂停了宽体机运营。
Last month, it ended its arrangement to lease Boeing 787 jets from Norse Atlantic Airways after high fuel costs, airspace restrictions and currency pressures undermined the operation, suspending its wide-body flights ahead of planned Airbus A350 deliveries in 2028.
当被问及这些干扰是否会迫使印地戈航空更多地关注亚太和澳大拉西亚市场，而非印度以西的目的地时，这位前英国航空和国际航空运输协会（IATA）负责人沃尔什表示：“我不会用‘被迫考虑’这个词，因为这些本来就是我们在考察的市场。”“只是可能会比我们原本打算的更早向某些市场分配运力，但它们都是增长机会。”他在新德里对记者说。他未具体说明是哪些市场。
Asked whether the disruptions could force IndiGo to focus more on Asia-Pacific and Australasia rather than destinations to the west of India, Walsh, a former British Airways and IATA chief, said: "I wouldn’t use the word forced to look because these are markets that we’re looking at anyway." "It may be that we'll allocate capacity to certain markets earlier than we had intended to do, but they're all growth opportunities," he told reporters in New Delhi. He did not specify which markets.
沃尔什表示，巴基斯坦关闭领空影响了从新德里出发的航班，但该航空公司有“大量机会”从印度其他主要城市拓展长途飞行。
Walsh said Pakistan's airspace closure affected flights from Delhi, but the airline had "a lot of opportunity" to expand long-haul flying from other major Indian cities.
自2025年4月起，巴基斯坦禁止印度航空公司使用其领空，迫使西向航线绕行更长距离。
Pakistan has barred Indian airlines from its airspace since April 2025, forcing longer westbound routes.
此禁令是在印度克什米尔地区发生针对游客的致命袭击后实施的，新德里指责伊斯兰堡制造袭击，伊方予以否认，随后几周爆发短暂军事冲突。从那时起，禁令已按月续期。
The ban followed a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir that New Delhi blamed on Islamabad, which denied involvement, sparking a brief military conflict weeks later. Since then the ban has been renewed monthly.