Sanjiv Kapoor, the COO of SpiceJet has quit to join Air Vistara with effect from February 2016. He will take on the role of the CCO and Chief Strategy Officer at Vistara. We wish him all the best.
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Spicejet offering 2016 tickets INR 749 onwards
Spicejet 2016 flights are on sale right now, with fares as low as INR 749 + taxes for domestic and INR 3,999 a.i. for international flights starting Feb 1, 2016. Non-refundable fares but significantly cheaper if you have firm plans in mind. Book between 27-29 October 2016.
SpiceJet sale INR 3099 onwards to international regional centres
Spicejet is offering cheap tickets on their sectors in South Asia namely Male, Muscat, Kathmandu, Dubai, Colombo and Bangkok. Tickets start INR 3099 one way onwards.
SpiceJet’s 10th Anniversary Sale offering tickets INR 1299 onwards
Spicejet is offering a sale to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Tickets start from INR 1299 onwards, and can be purchased between June 2, 2015 and June 4, 2015 for travel between June 20, 2015 and July 31, 2015. All the details are here.
SpiceJet’s 10th Anniversary sale offering tickets INR 1010 onwards
Spicejet has put out an anniversary sale today, where they are offering tickets for INR 1010 onwards for travel around India between July 1, 2015 to October 15, 2015. The prices are really sweet for some segments. Have a look here.
SpiceJet offering Handbaggage only fares for INR 999 onwards
Spicejet is offering a round of fares which are cheap by most standards for travel around India between July 1, 2015 to October 15, 2015. However, you need to be able to work within the limitations of not being able to check a bag and you’ll do fine.
[Video] SpiceJet celebrates Holi at Delhi Airport
SpiceJet is known to be the airline that does have some fun on Holi, even if this means they get a whack from the regulator. This year, they did play a safe Holi, by making it happen on the ground rather than in the air. The enthusiastic crew of Spicejet got a wider space to dance to Holi tunes, at the Delhi Airport a couple of days ago. Here is the video: I assume since they have not heard back from the regulator yet, they must have done fine with the regulations this year. I hope you all had a safe Holi as well. Join over 4000 people who check-in daily to find out about the best in travel. Free…
SpiceJet ‘Cheaper than train fares’ flight tickets INR 599 onwards
File this under the steal deal section or make good use of it. SpiceJet, the airline which started the concept of aggressive sales in India last year, is back with another sale which looks great. This is their third sale this year (2015), and is valid for flights between July 2015 to October 2015. Named the ‘Cheaper than train fares’ sale, the sale is on till 13 February 2015, for flights between July 1, 2015 to October 24, 2015 across SpiceJet’s domestic and international network. The flights are non-changeable, non-refundable so you can either take them or don’t bother cancelling them, except if huge taxes are involved. Domestic fares start at INR 599 while international fares to SpiceJet’s limited international…
Spicejet changing hands, again.
SpiceJet, one of India’s oldest airlines, is going to change hands, again. Due to the recent financial troubles the airline has been through, where they were practically grounded for a day, the airline has been running a thinner operation than its planned 340 flights a day, down to 200 flights a day approximately. It turns out, SpiceJet will be sent back to its co-founder Ajay Singh, who will along with a set of investors take over the ownership of the airline from the current owners Sun Group and implement new measures to bring the bleeding airline back to shape. Ajay Singh sold out from the airline in 2010. There is no sign of the amount of the transaction, so we…
Spicejet flights grounded, to take off at 4 pm IST today
Spicejet, which has been facing an existence crisis, has been not exactly in the pink of health recently. They’ve started cancelling flights while returning planes, and then were asked to close in bookings to one month only by the Government of India. Just earlier this week they were knocking on the doors of Government of India to speak to them, and the government offered them the following way forward: Spicejet can now take bookings till March 31, 2015 Airports Authority of India would wait another fortnight for their payments Oil marketing companies who supply fuel to SG were asked to provide fuel on credit till December 31, 2014. They can raise short term loans of upto INR 600 Crores backed…
SpiceJet limited to bookings 1 month ahead only by regulator
Looking at the troubles Spicejet is undergoing at the moment, the regulator for aviation safety in India, DGCA, ordered them to stop accepting bookings beyond the 30 day period, amongst other measures they took against the airline over last weekend. First things first, here on, because Spicejet’s schedule integrity has gone for a toss, the DGCA ordered it to stop bookings for a period more than 30 days out. Initially, Spicejet did not comply with this decision, however here on, you cannot book Spicejet tickets more than 30 days out. Their website displays this notification very clearly. When I tried searching for a ticket more than 30 days out, I got nothing. However, they are still selling tickets for the…
