SpiceJet announces launch of 28 new domestic flights

PTI Updated - October 25, 2021 at 01:22 PM.

Will launch multiple new non-stop flights connecting the tourist hotspots in Rajasthan with key metros and cities as part of its new winter schedule

Crew members are pictured during the unveiling of SpiceJet's special livery on its Boeing 737 aircraft to celebrate the milestone of administering one billion coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses in India, at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer NO ARCHIVES. NO RESALES.

SpiceJet will launch 28 new domestic flights across the country from October 31 onwards, the airline said Monday.

It will launch multiple new non-stop flights connecting the tourist hotspots of Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Udaipur in Rajasthan with key metros and cities as part of its new winter schedule, SpiceJet said in a statement.

SpiceJet will also connect Bagdogra with Ahmedabad, Kolkata with Srinagar and will add two new flights on the Bengaluru-Pune sector, it said.

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The government had on October 12 allowed airlines to operate domestic flights without any capacity restriction from October 18.

When the government resumed the scheduled domestic flights on May 25 last year after a two-month break, the ministry had allowed the carriers to operate not more than 33 per cent of their pre-Covid services.

This cap was gradually increased to up to 85 per cent till September this year.

Published on October 25, 2021 07:52