SpiceJet hires 500 Jet Airways pilots and employees, may induct more
NEW DELHI: Budget carrier SpiceJet on Friday said it has already absorbed over 500 employees, including 100 pilots, of the grounded carrier Jet Airways and it is open to induct more as it adds more aircraft and routes in the times ahead. The Gurugram-based no-frills airline has already announced induction of 27 more planes -22 […]
SpiceJet spreads wings, will add five more 90-seater Bombardier Q400s
NEW DELHI: Budget carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday said it planned to expand its regional jet fleet to 32 aircraft by adding five more 90-seater Bombardier Q400s. The move is aimed at augmenting capacity in the domestic markets, especially on regional routes, following the near collapse of Jet Airways, which has resulted in massive surge in […]
SpiceJet launches 28 new flights
NEW DELHI: SpiceJet on Sunday announced that it has launched 14 new flights under the government’s UDAN scheme, connecting the “un-served” market of Jharsuguda and the “underserved” markets of Kishangarh and Lakhimpur to key metros and cities across the country. In addition, the airline stated that it has launched 14 other direct flights connecting metros […]
SpiceJet gains 26% in 4 days as Jet struggles
NEW DELHI: As problems in cash strapped Jet Airways deepens, investors are favouring stocks of its competitors — SpiceJet and IndiGo — betting that they will have a larger market share. Accordingly, stocks of SpiceJet rose over 14 per cent on Friday and have been rising for the last four sessions gaining 25.93 per cent. […]
SpiceJet to fly to Jharsuguda from March
NEW DELHI: Budget carrier SpiceJet will operate daily direct flights to the Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda, Odisha, from Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata under UDAN, the regional connectivity scheme, from March 31. “The airline will launch daily direct flights on the Jharsuguda-Delhi-Jharsuguda, Jharsuguda-Hyderabad-Jharsuguda and Jharsuguda-Kolkata-Jharsuguda sectors,” the airline said in a statement on Wednesday. […]
SpiceJet to fly to Jharsuguda from March
NEW DELHI: Budget carrier SpiceJet will operate daily direct flights to the Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda, Odisha, from Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata under UDAN, the regional connectivity scheme, from March 31. “The airline will launch daily direct flights on the Jharsuguda-Delhi-Jharsuguda, Jharsuguda-Hyderabad-Jharsuguda and Jharsuguda-Kolkata-Jharsuguda sectors,” the airline said in a statement on Wednesday. […]
SpiceJet to start 12 new domestic flights from March 31
NEW DELHI: SpiceJet on Tuesday stated that it will start 12 new direct flights on its domestic network from March 31, 2019. “SpiceJet is the first Indian carrier to introduce daily direct flights on the Bhopal-Surat-Bhopal, Gorakhpur-Mumbai-Gorakhpur and Jaipur-Dharamshala-Jaipur sectors,” the airline said in its statement. The airline also announced on Tuesday that it will […]
SpiceJet’s Q3 profit dips 77%
NEW DELHI: Frill-free passenger carrier SpiceJet on Monday reported 77 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 55.1 crore for the quarter ended on December 31, 2018. The standalone net profit for the same period last fiscal was Rs 240 crore. An 8 per cent increase in passenger yields helped it partially offset high […]
SpiceJet to start Hyderabad-Jeddah flight from March 25
NEW DELHI: SpiceJet on Monday said it will start a daily non-stop flight between Hyderabad and Jeddah from March 25. This is the ninth foreign destination of the airline. SpiceJet will operate its new 189-seater Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on the route, the airline said in its press statement. It also announced a special fare […]
SpiceJet offers special fares on new flights from Hyderabad
NEW DELHI: Budget carrier SpiceJet has announced the launch of eight new direct flights from Hyderabad connecting Kolkata, Pune and Coimbatore, starting 1 January next year. The Gurugram-based airline will also add another six new seasonal flights and frequencies from Bengaluru to Kochi, Port Blair as well as Bagdogra in West Bengal, SpiceJet said in […]
IndiGo, SpiceJet, Jet Airways face credit rating revisions as costs spiral
NEW DELHI: Listed carriers — IndiGo, SpiceJet and Jet Airways — have seen this month downgrading of credit rating assigned to some of their loan facilities as they grapple with rising expenses and limited room to hike fares amid intense competition. Despite being one of the fastest growing domestic aviation markets in the world, local […]