SpiceJet, one of India’s top airlines, said it will add 16 Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft to its fleet over the next ten days, even as rival Jet Airways has reportedly ground about 70 aircraft due to financial troubles. Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet indicated his company would add more. “This is the first […]
India’s most aggressive low-cost carrier SpiceJet launched a daily direct flight connecting Mumbai with Thai capital Bangkok, becoming the first Indian budget carrier to provide services on the route. The airline also introduced six domestic flights connecting Mumbai with Chennai, Varanasi and Kolkata. The international flight will start from May 17 while domestic flights will […]
India’s most aggressive low-cost carrier, Spicejet, said it has cancelled 14 flights today due to the grounding of multiple Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The grounding is the result of a regulatory directive, which was prompted by an accident with an Ethiopian Airlines plane last week, the second Boeing 737 MAX to fall out of the […]
India’s most aggressive low-cost airline SpiceJet announced new flights connecting Hyderabad to Colombo, Chennai with Patna and Surat, as well as six new flights under the UDAN scheme. It has introduced direct flights on the Hyderabad-Colombo-Hyderabad route with effect from April 15. SpiceJet is the first Indian budget carrier to service the route and will […]
SpiceJet, the most aggressive of India’s low-cost carriers, launched 10 new flights under the government-supported UDAN scheme, including eight to Gwalior and four connecting Bhopal. Gwalior will be SpiceJet’s 52nd domestic destination. The move will make the airline the only one to offer daily direct flights on several sectors, such as Gwalior-Hyderabad, Gwalior-Jammu, Gwalior-Bengaluru and Gwalior-Kolkata. […]
SpiceJet, the most aggressive low-cost airline in India, announced 12 new flights from March 31. The new daily flights connect towns such as Surat, Bhopal, Gorakhpur, Jaipur and Dharamshala to Mumbai and Delhi (see table below). It is also offering promotional fares starting at Rs 2,499 all in between Bhopal and Mumbai, Rs 3,299 on […]
Low-cost carrier SpiceJet said it will start new, daily flights from Hyderabad to Bangkok and Guwahati from Oct 10, becoming the first Indian airline to have a direct flight from Hyderabad to Bangkok, a popular holiday destination for Indians. Before this, people using Indian flights had to use a connecting flight from Delhi while traveling […]
SpiceJet, the most aggressive of India’s low-cost carriers, announced four new flights from Kanpur and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. While the new flights connect Varanasi to Bangalore and Kolkata, Kanpur is being connected with Mumbai. With this, said SpiceJet, it will be the first and only airline to offer daily direct flights on the routes […]
Low-cost carrier SpiceJet has become the first airline to start regular services to the hill state of Sikkim in North East India. In the absence of direct air connectivity to the State, tourists headed for Sikkim currently have to fly to Bagdogra and then take a road journey of over 100 km to reach Gangtok. […]
SpiceJet said it would start six new daily direct flights on both domestic and international routes starting from 10th October 2018. These flights cover Hyderabad, Guwahati, Patna and Bangkok. There will be new daily flights from Hyderabad to Bangkok. The inaugural fare from Hyderabad to Bangkok will be Rs 9,999 and the return will be Rs 8,299. […]
SpiceJet, one of India’s largest airlines, said it has started 18 new temporary flights to help deal with the cancellations of flights to and from Kerala due to the ongoing flights. Some of these flights were operational only today, while some will be there for three days, while others will be there daily for the […]
SpiceJet said it has started selling tickets under its ‘Mega Monsoon Sale’ with ticket prices starting at Rs 999 for travel in India. The five-day sale launched today will be open till midnight of Monday, 8 July 2018. Bookings can be made for travel between 4th July to 8 October. Tickets under the sale can […]
SpiceJet has introduced ten new flights between South Indian cities of Mangalore, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Rajahmundry. Three new flights have been introduced from Chennai — to Kozhikode, Hyderabad and Mangalore, while Hyderabad will see two new flights — to Chennai and Rajahmundry. Kozhikode will see two new flights, to Bangalore and Chennai. It […]
Low-cost airline SpiceJet reported a resilient set of numbers for the Jan-Mar quarter despite increasing fuel prices, posting its 13th quarterly profit in a row. Despite worries over rising crude prices, the company managed a slight increase in its net profit to Rs 40.5 cr from Rs 38.6 cr a year ago. SpiceJet said the […]
SpiceJet, which had initially refused to shift its Delhi airport operations from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2, said it will shift 22 flights to T2 from 25 March. These are the flights to Cochin, Ahmedabad, Patna, Pune, Goa, Surat, and Gorakhpur. It said all the flights to and from T2 will have flight numbers starting […]
Jet Airways said it will challenge the order of the Competition Commission of India to impose a fine of Rs 39.81 cr for allegedly colluding with its rivals to fix air fares. In a statement on Wednesday, the Competition Commission said Jet Airways, SpiceJet and IndiGo engaged in “concerted action in fixing and revising Fuel […]
SpiceJet reported a 32% increase in its net profit to Rs 239.99 crore for the three months ended December from Rs 181.14 crore in the same quarter last year. The airline’s capacity grew by 14% during the same period. SpiceJet reported an operating revenue of Rs 2,081.95 crore in the quarter, up 27% on year. […]
SpiceJet announced 20 new non-stop flights on domestic routes starting from February 11, including 18 in South India. SpiceJet will use Bombardier Q400 aircraft on the new routes, except for the Chennai – Guwahati, which will see a Boeing 737. Out of the 18 flights, ten will be catering to the popular tourist destinations in […]
India’s oldest English television news broadcaster NDTV officially denied that it has been sold to Ajay Singh, the promoter of SpiceJet. “We wish to inform you that the promoters of the Company have not entered into any agreement for sale of their stake in the Company to any person,” NDTV Ltd said in an official […]
SpiceJet has become the first airline to conduct flight services to Pondicherry, the former French colony that is a prominent tourist attraction in South India. The flights will be from Hyderabad. With this new flight, Puducherry will be connected with Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Tirupati, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Vijaywada and Varanasi with convenient onward connections […]
