Articles Tagged ‘Spicejet’
India catching UK for air traffic; IndiGo now more than twice as big as Jet Airways domestically; Air India growing its long-haul network
India continues to witness impressive air traffic growth. Domestic demand is up over 15% in the first five months of this year, while international is up over 8%. We reveal developments in the market share of the local carriers and the top 10 carriers for international capacity in S17.
SpiceJet starts second service to Maldives
SpiceJet now offers daily flights from Thiruvananthapuram to Malé.
SpiceJet starts second route to Bangkok
SpiceJet becomes fourth carrier to connect Delhi with the Thai capital.
SpiceJet debuts in Dhaka with Kolkata service
SpiceJet becomes sixth carrier to link the cities in India and Bangladesh.
1.4m searches (!!) make London to Kochi “Skyscanner Unserved Route of the Week” – our biggest-ever potential route
Skyscanner’s Travel Insight software shows that in the last year a mind-blowing 1.4m potential travellers searched on the leading flight comparison site for flights between London and Kochi ‒ but the route is unserved!? Will it be BA or Air India that jumps onto our biggest potential route so far.
India now #5 country for air travel; passes Germany for airport traffic with over 250m passengers in 2016; IndiGo’s 40% domestic share
India’s airports welcomed over 40 million extra passengers in 2016, representing growth of 20% compared with 2015. We look at the leading airports, compare international and domestic growth and reveal the market shares of the leading domestic airlines.
SpiceJet set to handle 14 million passengers in 2016 but still only serves six international destinations; first of 42 737 MAX 8s coming in 2017
India’s fourth biggest domestic airline has a mixed fleet of 737s and Q400s. We track the airline’s domestic share going back to 2009 and reveal the airline’s top 15 airports and number of routes served.
SpiceJet starts route #14 from Kolkata
SpiceJet makes Visakhapatnam destination #14 from Kolkata, its fourth route launch from the latter airport since October – competes with IndiGo.
Vote for the best of 12 W16/17 Fire Truck Water Arches – get voting now
For one of the 12 airports involved in this week’s Arch of Triumph public vote it will be a great start to November, because within seven days one airport will have a new certificate adorning the fire station walls, and the fire crews will be the toast of the airport. Let battle commence!!
SpiceJet starts new routes to Jodhpur and Dubai
SpiceJet adds Jodhpur to its network and links Mangalore with UAE.
First entry for this European airport secures win for the Finns
Not only has this airport never entered the Arch of Triumph weekly battle in nearly four years of competition, but it also secured a victory at the first attempt. Suuri tavaraa!! Fingers crossed that Google translate is working properly and we haven’t just insulted the entire Finnish nation!
SpiceJet starts six new domestic routes with Q400s
SpiceJet launches first flights to Aizawl, Gorakhpur and Silchar. Now serves 38 airports in India.