SpiceJet commences services to Mangalore with daily flight to Hyderabad

Mangalore, September 30: SpiceJet Limited, on Friday started commercial flights between Mangalore and Hyderabad with its newly acquired state-of-the-art Q-400 aircraft. SpiceJet is the first airline to start a flight on this route.

The first Hyderabad-Mangalore flight landed at the Mangalore Airport at 2:40 pm and the inaugural Mangalore-Hyderabad flight took off at 3:00 pm.

Samyukth Sridharan, Chief Commercial Officer, SpiceJet Ltd, told media persons here that SpiceJet would be opening a daily flight on the Mangalore-Hyderabad route. Mangalore is the second destination in Karnataka, after Bangalore, which has been connected through SpiceJet's Q-400 aircraft and the 25^th on SpiceJet's fast-growing domestic network, he said.

He also announced the commencement of a direct flight between Mangalore and Chennai from November 9. Bookings on the Mangalore-Chennai sector has just commenced with an all-inclusive limited seats inaugural fare of Rs.1499, he revealed.

Since the launch of the Q-400 services on the September 21, SpiceJet has already commenced operations with its brand new Q-400 aircraft fleet on Hyderabad-Goa, Hyderabad-Rajahmundry, Vizag-Tirupati and Vizag-Bangalore routes and will be adding some more routes in coming days, he said adding that the airline is starting operations on Hyderabad-Aurangabad from October 1.

Mr Sridharan said that the Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft from Bombardier can accommodate 78 passengers and is widely accepted as the best short-haul plane globally. SpiceJet had placed an order for 30 of these aircraft and have already taken delivery of the first 5 aircraft during September.

SpiceJet is fast expanding its domestic footprint with the introduction of this aircraft and in the first phase of operations is connecting Hyderabad to 12 popular Tier II and Tier III destinations – Aurangabad, Bhopal, Goa, Indore, Madurai, Mangalore, Nagpur, Pune, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Trivandrum and Vijayawada. The inaugural all-inclusive fare to these cities starts at Rs.1499, he said.

Raja Vaidyanathan, Vice President, Commercial, SpiceJet, said that Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) had been chosen as the first base for the Q-400 operations. The south-central location of Hyderabad reduces flying time to any of the cities in the region making it the location advantages of the Hyderabad also allow exploring and developing markets in the west, central and eastern part of the country.

Tickets can be booked through www.spicejet.com or Toll free Reservation at 1800 180 3333 / 0987 180 3333 and through Travel Agents.

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