SpiceJet starts new flights

Flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Srinagar

BY A CORRESPONDENT
April 15, 2006

Low-cost airline SpiceJet has announced that it will be starting new flights to Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai and Srinagar. A daily flight between Hyderabad and Mumbai has also been initiated. The decision to add new flights follows the expansion of SpiceJet's fleet to six Boeing 737-800 aircraft. In addition, according to Spicejet Director Ajay Singh, the decision also comes in the wake of good responses to its existing flights on these routes. Bookings for the flights on the Delhi-Srinagar sector are already open, with the flights taking off from May 10, 2006.

SpiceJet, which operates to 11 destinations, (including Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Goa, Pune, Bangalore, Kolkata, Jammu, Srinagar, Chennai & Hyderabad) has chosen Srinagar on account of its tourism potential. According to Singh, "It's a pleasure to start daily flights to the beautiful valley of Srinagar. Keeping in view, the growing numbers of domestic and international tourists on this sector, the additional flight has been introduced."

He added, "Srinagar is among the premier holiday & leisure hubs in India and is attracting a growing number of domestic tourists. SpiceJet through this effort intend to catalyze this process with an unbeatable value proposition."