SpiceJet's international plans delayed by three months

New Delhi: The international plans of New Delhi-registered low-cost carrier, SpiceJet, have been delayed by three months till August.
“We had earlier planned to start our international operations from June, which could not work out for various reasons. Now, we plan to start our international operations from August,” Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Agarwal told Business Standard.
The airline plans to start with one flight per day to Dhaka from August and follow it up with one flight per day to Kathmandu from September.
SpiceJet has recently received permission to operate flights to the capital cities of Nepal, Bangladesh and Maldives. It has also applied for permission to fly to Colombo, which was turned down by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
“We do not have a fixed timeline for starting our services to Maldives. The plan will start only when we receive the delivery of new planes,” Agarwal said.
The airline, which is to take the delivery of three aircraft this financial year, is due to receive two airplanes by the end of this calendar year and the third in February 2011.
The airline became eligible to fly internationally from May 23. Any Indian airline which completes five years of flying in the domestic network and has a fleet of 20 aircraft is eligible to fly internationally.
04/06/10 Mihir Mishra/Business Standard

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