India, Oct. 2 -- Everything ixigo has done since it started off in 2007 can be called a stepping stone to get to where it is today. It was always one step after another rather than a leap to become a full stack OTA.

After building itself as a flight meta-search platform for nearly eight years since inception, i.e. helping consumers compare fares and travel options, ixigo gradually moved towards a marketplace model by adding pieces gradually.

For the first few years, no actual booking took place on ixigo, but instead it earned a small commission when customers booked flight tickets through its price comparison tool.

It later expanded into train and bus ticketing, and only in 2019, actually launched its own air ticketing platform, allowi...