CHENNAI: SpiceJet has announced 20 new non-stop flights on domestic routes — including Chennai-Mangalore and Guwahati-Chennai routes — and will add frequency on many routes starting February 11.
The airline is all set to introduce daily direct flights on the Bengaluru-Rajahmundry, Chennai-Mangalore and Guwahati-Chennai routes and a direct flight between Bengaluru-Tirupati which would operate on all days except Tuesdays.
SpiceJet will become the only carrier to operate between Kolkata and Jabalpur and Bengaluru and Puducherry with daily direct flights.
The airline will also enhance its operations on the Chennai-Vishakhapatnam (second frequency), Kolkata-Vishakhapatnam (second frequency), Chennai-Vijayawada (third frequency) and Bengaluru-Chennai (fifth frequency) routes with non-stop additional frequencies. While the airline will operate daily flights between Chennai and Vishakhapatnam, Kolkata and Vishakhapatnam and Chennai and Vijayawada, services between Bengaluru and Chennai will be operational on all days except Tuesdays.
With this, the airline will strengthen its network across the south with 18 new flights while the new flights connecting the metro cities with the non-metros will give a fresh impetus to the airlines’ regional connectivity theme – ‘Connect the unconnected’. Out of these 18 flights, 10 will be catering to the popular tourist destinations in Andhra Pradesh.
SpiceJet, which is the largest regional player in the country, will serve on all the routes with its Bombardier Q400 aircraft except for the Chennai – Guwahati route where it will deploy its Boeing 737 aircraft.