No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Saturday stated it will add 66 new flights, including additional services on certain routes, in its domestic network from March 28. These new flights, which will be operated with Boeing 737s and regional jet Bombardier Q400s, are aimed at augmenting connectivity between metro and non-metro cities as part of its enhanced network.
“We’re delighted to further expand our domestic operations and add 66 new flights to our network for the start of this summer schedule. As the nation’s largest regional operator, the new flights further reiterate our commitment towards enhancing regional connectivity, besides offering unique connections to many leisure destinations,” stated Shilpa Bhatia, Chief Commercial Officer, SpiceJet.
In a bid to help the rising journey demand from smaller cities which have been initially related by SpiceJet below UDAN scheme, the airline has launched new flights connecting Darbhanga, Durgapur, Jharsuguda, Gwalior, and Nashik with some key metro cities, the airline stated in a launch.
The airline will launch new flights on the sectors of Ahmedabad-Darbhanga-Ahmedabad, Hyderabad-Darbhanga-Hyderabad, Pune-Darbhanga-Pune, and Kolkata-Darbhanga-Kolkata after connecting Darbhanga with Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru earlier, it stated.
Similarly, Durgapur will now be connected to Pune which SpiceJet already connects with Chennai, Mumbai, and Delhi. Jharsuguda will now be connected to Chennai in addition to Delhi, Hyderabad & Kolkata which SpiceJet already operates. While Gwalior which was earlier connected with Hyderabad, Jammu, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and Delhi will now be related to Pune as well, it stated, adding after connecting Nashik with Delhi, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru, SpiceJet will now connect the city with Kolkata as well.
The airline will also be the first to connect Pune with Darbhanga, Durgapur, Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Varanasi, it stated. SpiceJet stated it will also launch multiple new flights connecting Srinagar with Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, and Kolkata.
Apart from this, the airline has also launched new non-stop day-by-day flights on Mumbai-Leh, Leh-Srinagar, Srinagar-Mumbai, Hyderabad-Mumbai, Mumbai-Hyderabad, Mumbai-Surat, Surat-Mumbai, Kochi-Pune, Pune-Kochi, Jabalpur-Pune, and Pune-Jabalpur routes, stated the release.
The airline can even enhance its operations with additional frequencies on Delhi-Gorakhpur (2nd frequency), Mumbai-Rajkot (2nd frequency), Chennai-Madurai (2nd frequency), Mumbai-Jaipur (2nd frequency), Bengaluru-Goa (2nd frequency), Mumbai-Srinagar (2nd frequency), Delhi-Rajkot (2nd?frequency), Delhi-Srinagar (3rd?and 4th?frequency), Delhi-Dharamshala (3rd?frequency), Mumbai-Goa (3rd??and 4th?frequency) amongst many other routes.
