IndiGo Interim CEO Rahul Bhatia's letter to employees after Aditya Ghosh's resignation

InterGlobe Aviation -- which operates IndiGo airlines -- on Friday announced the resignation of Aditya Ghosh from the post of President of IndiGo effective July 31, 2018, and as a Director of the company with effect from April 26, 2018. The board of the airline appointed Rahul Bhatia as the airline's interim CEO.

Aditya Ghosh said, “For the last ten years, it has been a relentless, exhilarating and a most satisfying task building IndiGo. It is now time for me to step off the treadmill and sometime in the near future embark on my next adventure. I wish all my colleagues at IndiGo the very best as they move on to the next phase of growth.”

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The IndiGo board also announced the return of Greg Taylor as Senior Advisor.

Here's the full text of Rahul Bhatia's letter to IndiGo employees spelling out key leadership changes at the airline.

Dear Fellow Colleagues:

I would like to bring you up to speed on a few key leadership changes that are underway at IndiGo. A press release on these issues is also being issued shortly.

Firstly, and with mixed emotions, I wish to inform you that Aditya Ghosh is resigning and will leave the Company on July 31. Aditya wishes to explore starting a new business venture and we respect his decision to do so.

For the last ten years, Aditya has led his team relentlessly in building IndiGo to be India’s largest airline. Your Board of Directors and I want to thank him for all his hard work and contributions for the successes that our company has enjoyed over the years.

This said, I am very excited to announce the return of Greg Taylor as Senior Advisor to the Company, reporting directly to me. As many of you know, Greg is no stranger to IndiGo having been our Executive Vice President of Revenue Management & Network Planning during 2016-17.

Greg has more than 40 years of enormous and varied experience in large, World Class Airlines. This experience and his ability to understand the complexities of the airline industry will be invaluable to our future plans.

In addition to his previous stint at IndiGo, Greg has held various senior management roles at United Airlines and US Airways in the areas of Corporate Strategy, Network Planning, Fleet Planning, Finance, Cost Management and Airline Express Operations.

Greg holds an MBA from University of Chicago. In the coming months, your Board of Directors will consider the appointment of Greg as President and CEO of the company, subject to receiving necessary regulatory approvals and paperwork.

Please join me in welcoming Greg and wishing Aditya and Greg all the very best in their new roles. I look forward to your continued and outstanding dedication to IndiGo and to the superb service that you provide to our customers every day.