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SPECIAL REPORT
INTERNATIONAL SECTORS
the case of new foreign
connections from just one
SpiceJet station, India’s
financial capital — the airline
has scaled up its international
connectivity from Mumbai,
with new flights from the
city. There are now direct
non-stop flights from
Mumbai to Hong Kong,
Jeddah, Dubai, Dhaka,
Riyadh and Bangkok.
Operations on the
Mumbai-Bangkok-Mumbai
sector started from May 17,
2019. Additionally, operations
on the Mumbai-Jeddah-
Mumbai route came into
effect from July 5, 2019. Flights on the
Mumbai-Dhaka-Mumbai sector were
flagged off from July 31, 2019. With the
introduction of these new flights,
passengers from these foreign cities are
able to easily travel to a host of other cities
both on SpiceJet’s domestic as well as
international network via multiple
onward connections from Mumbai.
Passengers travelling from non-metro
SpiceJet stations like Mangalore, Gwalior,
Belgaum, Dibrugarh, Vijayawada and
Mr Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet and Mr Adnan Kazim,
Divisional Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, Revenue Optimisation &
Aeropolitical Affairs, Emirates, at the signing of the MoU for codeshare agreement
Guwahati, among others, will now be able
to easily travel to a host of other cities on
SpiceJet’s international network via
multiple onward connections from key
metros. Apart from adding new
destinations, the overall frequency of
flights has also been increased. In the
process, the airline has been able to notch
up some remarkable achievements.
• SpiceJet is the only Indian carrier
to connect Mumbai with Hong Kong via
daily non-stop flights: SpiceJet has
SpiceJet operates daily nonstop
flights to Hong Kong
deployed its 168-seater
Boeing 737-800 aircraft on
the Mumbai-Hong Kong
sector. The flight is timed
perfectly for business and
leisure travellers alike
with a late night departure
from Mumbai (1.05 am)
and a morning arrival
(9.40 am) in Hong Kong
thus maximising
passenger comfort and
providing more choice and
flexibility.
• SpiceJet is the first
Indian LCC to connect
Mumbai with Riyadh and
Dhaka and Delhi with
Dhaka and Jeddah: SpiceJet will service
Mumbai-Riyadh-Mumbai, Mumbai-
Dhaka-Mumbai, Delhi-Dhaka-Delhi and
Delhi-Jeddah-Delhi with daily non-stop
flights. With the new flights, passengers
from Riyadh, Dhaka and Jeddah will be
able to easily travel to a host of other
cities both on SpiceJet’s domestic as well
as international network via multiple
onward connections from Mumbai and
Delhi.
• The Guwahati-Dhaka-Guwahati
sector has been added under the
International Air Connectivity Scheme
(IACS): SpiceJet, created history when it
recently launched its first flight under the
IACS. This has made international air
travel much more affordable and
convenient for more and more Indians.
The slew of new international flights
announced recently by SpiceJet have been
welcomed by passengers as well as the
industry. Ajay Singh, Chairman and
Managing Director, SpiceJet, summed it
up best when he said: “SpiceJet is the only
Indian budget carrier operating on a
majority of the routes that we have
announced, thus providing leisure and
business travellers with more options to
choose from.”
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AUGUST 2019