Marking an important milestone, SpiceJet, India’s most preferred low fare airline, inaugurated its first international flight amidst Commonwealth Games fanfare here today. The flight from New Delhi to Kathmandu was flagged from the Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3 by The Honorable Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Praful Patel. The flight took off at 0730 hrs with full load of 189 passengers on board.
The SpiceJet senior officials present at the occasion included Kishore Gupta - Director/CEO, Bhulo Kansagra – Promoter and Director, and Samyukth Sridharan – Chief Commercial Officer, SpiceJet Ltd. , besides the Leadership Team.
Announcing its maiden flight to Kathmandu, Mr. Kishore Gupta-Director/CEO, SpiceJet Ltd said, “As SpiceJet makes its first international foray, today marks an important milestone not just in the success story of SpiceJet, but also that of Low-Cost Carrier segment in India. With every new destination, we are moving closer to realizing our vision of replicating the success of the internationally successful LCC model in India. SpiceJet has always believed in accepting the challenges of the industry and constantly broken new grounds. We are very excited about this latest challenge and we are confident that we will continue to be successful and profitable in the global arena as well.”
SpiceJet, which completed 5 years of successful domestic operations earlier this year, is the first Indian budget airline to start international operations. The Delhi-Kathmandu flights will be followed very shortly by its first flight from Chennai to Colombo on October 9, 2010.
“We believe that by connecting Kathmandu with India, we will play an important role in promoting trade and tourism between the two countries. The two countries have a lot in common and we are happy to give our passengers the choice to fly with India’s most preferred airline at the most exciting fares. We are delighted to welcome Kathmandu as a part of our new global network, and look forward to extending our hospitality to our passengers in this new phase of growth,” added Samyukth Sridharan, Chief Commercial Officer, SpiceJet Limited.
The following table explains the flight schedule* to and from Kathmandu:
| Flight Schedule*:- | |||||
| Origin | Destination | Flight No | Frequency | Departure | Arrival |
| Delhi | Kathmandu | SG 041 | 1,3,4,5,6,7** | 0730 hrs | 0905 hrs |
| Kathmandu | Delhi | SG 042 | 1,3,4,5,6,7** | 0955 hrs | 1120 hrs |
| * Subject to DGCA approval ** 1-Monday, 2- Tuesday, 3-Wednesday, 4- Thursday, 5-Friday, 6-Saturday, 7 -Sunday | |||||
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SpiceJet (www.spicejet.com) is India's most preferred airline, with over 13% market share, delivering the lowest air fares with the highest consumer value. We operate 147 flights daily to 20 cities in India viz. Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bagdogra, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Guwahati, Goa, Hyderabad, Jammu, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Madurai, Mumbai, Pune, Srinagar, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam. Our on-time performance is amongst the best in India and coupled with a Technical Dispatch Reliability of 99.6%, making us an airline with least cancellations. SpiceJet's new generation fleet of 22 Boeing 737-800 / 737-900ER aircraft are backed by cutting edge technology and infrastructure to ensure the highest standards in safety and operating efficiency.
SpiceJet is the winner of:-
- Smart Travel Asia’s Top 5 Best Budget Airlines in Asia (Aug 2010) and in Top 10 list for 3 consecutive years (Aug 2008, Sept 2009 & Aug 2010, Hong Kong)
- Outlook Traveler’s Best Low Cost Airline (Feb 2008 & Feb 2010)
- Award for Best Website at ‘World Low Cost Airlines Asia Pacific Conference’ (January 2010, Singapore)
- India’s best low-fare airline in a survey conducted by MaRs on behalf of Hindustan Times (December 2009)
- Employer Branding Institutes’ Best Employer Brand Award for our employee best practices (December 2009)
- World Travel Market Award for multi-channel approach in distribution (November 2009, London)
- National Award (ICWAI) for excellence in Cost Management (March 2009)
- CIO 100 Award for IT efforts for customer satisfaction and business growth (2007, 2008 & 2009)
- Frost & Sullivan Indian Commercial Aviation Emerging Company of the Year Award (Nov 2008, London).
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