Summer rush: SpiceJet puts bigger aircraft on Delhi-Doon route

Budget carrier SpiceJet today said it has deployed bigger aircraft on its Delhi-Dehradun route and will soon put a new flight to Udaipur from Mumbai to cater to the rush during the summer vacation.
SpiceJet airline has upgraded the aircraft from 78-seater Bombardier Q400 to 186-seater Boeing 737 on the Delhi-Dehradun route, which sees hike in traffic during the summers.
The new flight to Uttarkhand capital will be operational on all seven days of the week, the airline said in a release.
To cater to the peak summer rush (from March to October), SpiceJet has unleashed a whole new summer schedule in which apart from equipment upgrade, the airline has added three new flights and six new frequencies, thereby offering more seats and connecting key metros and cities, the airline said.

"Our new summer schedule is an extension of our existing strategy that will cater to the robust market demand for the coming holiday season," SpiceJet's senior vice-president for commercial, Shilpa Bhatia said.
As part of its summer schedule, the airline has also reinforced its frequency on the Udaipur-Mumbai route and rolled out a new flight, commencing from April 16, it said.
SpiceJet will operate 306 daily flights during the summer schedule as against 240 flights operated by it in the same period last year, the release added.