SpiceJet has failed to ”establish safe, efficient and reliable air services” under the terms of Rule 134 and Schedule XI of the Aircraft Rules, 1937, the notice issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated.
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SpiceJet to start 38 new flights during Sep 15-25
The airline said it will resume flights to and from Dubai, connecting it with Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Kozhikode, Amritsar and Mangaluru.
SpiceJet to launch 30 new domestic flight services from Dec 20
The airline had on November 8, 2020, launched daily direct flights connecting Darbhanga with Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru and is the first and only airline operating to the city.
No April, May salaries for SpiceJet pilots, barring aviators of cargo ops
16 per cent of the airline’s aircraft and 20 per cent of its pilots are flying.
Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur files complaint against SpiceJet over seat allotment
Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Saturday evening created a massive ruckus at Raja Bhoj Airport after private airline SpiceJet allegedly denied her the seat she had booked during a Delhi-Bhopal flight. Sadhvi registered protest and lodged a complaint against the private carrier after alighting from flight SG 2489 from Delhi.[Read More…]
Kolkata: Technician dies after getting stuck in landing gear door of SpiceJet aircraft
The body of the technician was removed from landing gear with the help of Fire brigade. A primary probe revealed that he died after being suffocated.
SpiceJet, Vistara have shown interest in in-flight connectivity: Telecom Secy
New Delhi, Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan on Monday said SpiceJet and Vistara have shown interest in providing in-flight connectivity on their aircraft. She also said that global service providers are interested in facilitating in-flight connectivity services in the country. The Department of Telecommunication on Friday notified the rules for in-flight[Read More…]
SpiceJet to start Shirdi-Delhi flight from October
Budget carrier SpiceJet will commence flight service on the Shirdi-Delhi-Shirdi sector from October 1, said the airline on Monday. “Our new flight will offer an immediate boost to religious tourism that the city is best known for,” Shilpa Bhatia, Chief Sales and Revenue Officer, SpiceJet, was quoted in a statement.[Read More…]
India wings first biofuel-powered flight
SpiceJet airlines planned to operate a turboprop, Q-400, from Dehradun to Delhi on August 27, using biofuel as a sustainable alternative, making India the first developing nation to make such an initiative after countries like United States and Australia. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat flagged off the flight in[Read More…]
Domestic air passenger traffic rises 21% in July: DGCA Report
According to the data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), domestic airlines carried 11.6 million passengers in July, up 21% compared with the same month last year. “Passengers carried by domestic airlines during January-July 2018 were 800.40 lakhs as against 657.21 lakhs during the corresponding period of[Read More…]
SpiceJet starts direct daily flight from Kanpur to Delhi
Kanpur: The aviation sector has seen a 20 per cent rise in May-June, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Tuesday after launching a daily flight between Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur and the national capital under the air regional connectivity UDAN scheme. The minister said soon a direct flight would commence[Read More…]
SpiceJet’s Delhi-Kanpur operations from July
New Delhi: Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday said that it will launch flight operations from Delhi to Kanpur under the air regional connectivity scheme UDAN from July 3. Tickets for the RCS seats on this flight will be available at Rs 2,313 (all in), the company said in a[Read More…]
SpiceJet to operate Ahmedabad-Bangkok flight from December 7
New Delhi: Budget carrier SpiceJet on Thursday said that it will commence a daily direct flight on the Ahmedabad-Bangkok sector from December 7, 2017. According to the airline, it will introduce several new non-stop flights on both domestic and international routes beginning December 2017. The expansion plan envisages the airline to[Read More…]
Indian para athlete alleges airline of ill-treatment
An Indian para athlete, on Monday, alleged that she was “ill-treated” by the crew of private airlines and “forcefully offloaded”, even as the airlines refuted the claims. Madhu Bagri, a wheelchair tennis player, said that she had booked herself on a SpiceJet flight from Tirupati to Hyderabad, which was scheduled[Read More…]
FIA lifts flying ban on Sena MP Gaikwad
The Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) on Saturday revoked the flying ban imposed on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad. FIA consists of four leading private carriers-Jet Airways, SpiceJet, GoAir and IndiGo. The decision came a day after Air India lifted the ban imposed on the Sena MP. An FIA source[Read More…]
Sena MP unapologetic on attacking AI staffer
Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who assaulted an Air India ground staff l at Delhi Airport, was on Friday barred from flying by Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA). The MP had assaulted the staff for providing him an economy class seat instead of business class. He had slapped the staff[Read More…]