SpiceJet is weighing an. order for at least 100 Airbus planes as Boeing grapples with the fallout over its grounded 737 MAX. The budget carrier, a major global customer for the MAX, may buy a sizable number of Airbus A321LR and XLR jets to accommodate a planned expansion, Ajay Singh, chairman of SpiceJet said. No […]
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IndiGo and SpiceJet will shift their flight operations to Terminal 3 (T3) of the Delhi International Airport (DIAL) from 5 September. “While Indigo would shift a portion of its operations from T2 to T3, SpiceJet would shift all of its domestic flights, operating from T2 to T3,” the GMR-led DIAL said in a statement. “Post
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Domestic airlines flew 1.19 crore passengers in July this year registering a 3.15% growth over the 1.15 crore passengers flown during the same period previous year. Data released by the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) show that IndiGo retained the No.1 position in terms of number of passengers carried with 56.93 lakh,
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The grounding of Jet Airways has helped the aviation industry improve its financials with SpiceJet reporting its highest-ever net profit in the June quarter. The profits were driven by other income, including reimbursements from Boeing for the revenue loss due to the grounding of 737 Max aircraft. The increase in yield was aided by higher
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Ajay Singh, chairman and managing director of SpiceJet has said the stakeholders of the Indian aviation industry and the government need to sit together and formulate a winning strategy to make India the global aviation hub. He was speaking at the 12th International Conference on Civil Aviation organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and
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Ushering in the Hajj season with great fervour, SpiceJet has announced that it will operate 148 special flights for the grand annual Islamic pilgrimage. SpiceJet is all set to carry close to 11,000 Hajj pilgrims from Srinagar to Medina and Jeddah and back on special flights for the great religious gathering in Mecca this year.
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Perturbed by the partial closure of Mumbai airport for about four days after a SpiceJet aircraft overshot the runway into the mud, leading to the cancellation of hundreds of flights, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked six airport operators to buy additional equipment to retrieve stuck aircraft. The decision was taken at a
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SpiceJet is set to increase its frequency on the Mumbai-Dubai route with a second daily non-stop flight, effective from 3 August. Ajay Singh, chairman and managing director, SpiceJet, said, “The new flight to Dubai will meet the steady demand from both leisure and business travellers to and from Mumbai. The additional daily flight will significantly
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SpiceJet has launched daily non-stop flight services on the Guwahati-Dhaka-Guwahati route, under the International Air Connectivity Scheme (IACS). SpiceJet’s Guwahati-Dhaka flight is the first-ever to be operated under IACS. The flight, which earmarks a new milestone, also reiterates the airline’s commitment on enhancing connectivity in the North East region. Debojo Maharshi, chief marketing officer, SpiceJet
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SpiceJet has flagged off a daily direct flight on the Durgapur-Mumbai route, under the regional connectivity scheme, UDAN. The under-served market of Durgapur, is the airline’s 13th destination under UDAN. The new flight reiterates the airline’s commitment to augment connectivity between metro and non-metro cities. The route was awarded under UDAN III and is exclusive to
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