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SpiceJet adds 19 new domestic flights this summer
SpiceJet has added 19 new domestic flights this summer, connecting key metros
and cities as a part of its enhanced network. With the introduction of the summer
schedule, the airline will increase its operation to 360 average daily flights. To cater
to the peak summer rush, from March to October, SpiceJet has launched daily,
direct flights for sectors such as Surat-Jaipur, Surat-Hyderabad, Surat-Goa, Jammu-
Dehradun, Jaipur-Chandigarh-Jammu, Bengaluru-Thiruvananthapuram and Delhi-
Thiruvananthapuram. The frequencies have also been enhanced on sectors such as
Dehradun-Delhi, Bengaluru-Vijayawada and Bengaluru-Kochi among others.
SpiceJet clocks over 90%
PLF for 24 successive months,
and registers highest OTP five
times in a row
SpiceJet has registered more than
90% PLF (Passenger Load Factor)
and also clocked the highest industry
OTP (On-Time Performance) five
times in the same period. The airline
also topped the PLF matrix for March
at 91.4%, thus taking the total tally
to 24 successive months of over
90% load factor. As per the statistics
released by DGCA, SpiceJet’s OTP
charts have witnessed consistent
improvement in 2017 with the airline
topping the charts five times and
occupying the second spot on four
occasions. In March, the airline’s OTP
figure stood at 85.7%. The airline also
registered a low cancellation rate of
just 0.30%.
SpiceJet joins hands with
Lufthansa Systems to offer
in-flight entertainment and
e-commerce
SpiceJet has joined hands with
Lufthansa Systems to equip its whole
fleet with BoardConnect Portable
offered by the latter. The new service
will allow SpiceJet passengers to shop,
stream movies, watch cricket and other
content from select platforms offered
by the airline. The airline signed a
Letter of Intent (LoI) with Lufthansa
Systems to this effect at the Aircraft
Interiors Expo in Hamburg. SpiceJet
passengers will be able to avail the new
offer this year.
SpiceJet partners with HSBC
India to offer payments via UPI
SpiceJet has launched a Unified
Payment Interface (UPI) as a payment
option on its website, allowing
passengers to conveniently pay online
using a mobile handset. The integration
will allow SpiceJet passengers to use
their unique UPI IDs i.e. Virtual Payment
Address to pay for all bookings made
on the SpiceJet website. This payment
solution, implemented by HSBC on
the SpiceJet network, is the latest
addition to the already existing host of
payment options currently available on
Spicejet.com.
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