Low cost airline SpiceJet will add two new destinations to its international network, connecting Delhi with Riyadh and Guangzhou from next year.
The Delhi—Riyadh (capital city of Saudi Arabia), route will be operational by January 4, 2013, while the first flight from Delhi to Guangzhou, capital city of Guangdong Province (China) will take off on February 8, 2013, SpiceJet said in a statement on Thursday.
The airline will operate direct daily flights on Delhi— Riyadh and four weekly flights on Delhi—Guangzhou route, it said, adding that SpiceJet is the only Indian carrier to connect Guangzhou with India.
Booking of tickets for both the routes are open now.
“We at SpiceJet are very excited about these two great new routes to Riyadh and Guangzhou which will give passengers more choice,” said SpiceJet Chief Executive Officer Neil Mills.
With the addition of these two routes, SpiceJet will fly to seven international destinations from India. At present SpiceJet operates to Kathmandu (Nepal), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Kabul (Afghanistan), Dubai (UAE) and Male (Maldives).