SpiceJet Ltd will lease more planes to fly under the government’s Udan regional flying scheme and connect six additional stations, chairman Ajay Singh said in an interview.
“There will be some planes required for RCS (regional connectivity scheme),” Singh said, adding that over the next one-and-a-half years, the airline could take on lease as many as 10 planes, some of them for this scheme. SpiceJet operates 343 average daily flights to 45 destinations, including 39 domestic and six international ones, using 32 Boeing 737NG planes for national and international routes and 17 Bombardier Q-400s for short-haul flights.
The flights under RCS could be to six stations, starting summer. “We should be starting RCS flights by June or July,” Singh said, adding that there would be single flights to these stations “and then we will see how it goes”.
Singh said he would fully support the government’s Udan scheme. “It’s an important national programme,” he said, adding that “there will be commercial viability (as there will be exclusive rights on a route for the first three years).”
15/03/17 Defence Aviation Post
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“There will be some planes required for RCS (regional connectivity scheme),” Singh said, adding that over the next one-and-a-half years, the airline could take on lease as many as 10 planes, some of them for this scheme. SpiceJet operates 343 average daily flights to 45 destinations, including 39 domestic and six international ones, using 32 Boeing 737NG planes for national and international routes and 17 Bombardier Q-400s for short-haul flights.
The flights under RCS could be to six stations, starting summer. “We should be starting RCS flights by June or July,” Singh said, adding that there would be single flights to these stations “and then we will see how it goes”.
Singh said he would fully support the government’s Udan scheme. “It’s an important national programme,” he said, adding that “there will be commercial viability (as there will be exclusive rights on a route for the first three years).”
15/03/17 Defence Aviation Post
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