SpiceJet will be able to operate more than 50 per cent of its flights from 30 October as the three-month-long restrictions imposed on the airline will be lifted in the winter schedule. In the wake of multiple incidents involving the aircraft of SpiceJet, aviation watchdog DGCA had on 27 July capped the number of flights the no-frills carrier could operate at 50 per cent. Later, the restrictions were extended till 29 October, also the last day of the summer schedule.

Now, in the winter schedule starting from October 30, the airline will be operating 3,193 flights every week. This is also 6.6 per cent more than the number of weekly flights operated by the airline in the previous winter schedule.

From 30 October, SpiceJet has been allowed to operate more than 50 per cent of their flights. The 50 per cent restriction on the number of flights was co-terminus with the summer schedule that ends on 29 October, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief Arun Kumar told PTI on Saturday.

With respect to the operations of the airline, the DGCA chief said all precautions are being taken and “we will ensure things remain well under control”.

In the winter schedule — from 30 October 2022 to 25 March 2023 — scheduled airlines will operate 21,941 flights on domestic routes every week. The number of weekly flights will be 1.55 per cent lower than 22,287 flights operated in the previous winter schedule.

In the upcoming Winter Schedule 2022, 21,941 departures per week have been approved from 105 airports. “Out of these 105 airports Deoghar, Shimla and Rourkela are the new airports proposed by the scheduled airlines,” DGCA said in a release recently.