SpiceJet, low-cost carrier has unveiled an all new winter schedule, with 291 daily flight from the current 250 daily flights, adding 10 new sectors, 30 new frequencies and 22 connecting flights. The airline also announced the induction of six new aircraft to its existing fleet strength in the next 30 days, a first of its kind initiative in the history of Indian aviation.
The induction of the new planes is a part of SpiceJet’s comprehensive plan of operating an enhanced flight schedule to meet the winter demand while offering travellers more convenience and a great choice of flight options.
Among the newly added sectors, those effective from October 25, 2015 are Ahmedabad – Goa, Mumbai – Varanasi, and Varanasi – Hyderabad while the flights for Khozhikode – Dubai and Amritsar – Dubai routes are set to commence operations from November 15, 2015.
The airline has reinforced its frequencies on multiple routes such as Mumbai – Chennai, Delhi – Chennai, Goa – Mumbai, Delhi – Kolkata, Kolkata – Agartala, Mumbai – Kochi, Hyderabad – Mumbai, and Chennai – Madurai amongst many others. New onward connections added to the existing network include Pune – Srinagar, Delhi – Madurai, Mumbai – Madurai and Ahmedabad – Coimbatore among others.
The new network expansion programme renders special attention to the tier II and tier III cities aimed at unlocking the tourism potential from these cities. Varanasi gets a new connection to Hyderabad and Mumbai and connecting flight to Coimbatore and Bengaluru while Agartala gets increased flights to Kolkata and via connections to Delhi and Chennai.
Shilpa Bhatia, sr. VP and head of sales and distribution, SpiceJet said, “We have been speedily moving on the growth path by consistently adding new flights to enhance our overall network. With the new network schedule we are offering better timings, increased frequencies. With this enhancement we have significantly growing our capacity by 16 per cent. Our new winter flight schedule adds considerable depth to our existing operations to cater to the peak demand while enhancing connectivity and boosting customer value.”