SpiceJet to tie up with global low-fare carriers

SpiceJet Ltd, India’s second largest low-fare airline controlled by media baron Kalanithi Maran of Sun TV Network Ltd, is exploring a different flight path for the second phase of its international expansion.
It is also talking to two airports in south India and one in Gujarat to set up its second regional base, after Hyderabad.
Currently flying two international routes—Colombo and Kathmandu—SpiceJet has applied for 10 more, including South-East Asia, West Asia and some destinations in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Its rival and India’s largest low-fare airline IndiGo has got permission to fly some key international routes—Dubai, Singapore and Bangkok.
“We will not be just a point-to-point carrier. We will create partnerships with other international low-fare carriers. They will sell our products and we will sell their products,” Spicejet’s chief executive Neil Mills said in an interview.
SpiceJet’s flights will feed into other international carriers and vice versa. Mills did not divulge details of international carriers the airline is negotiating with.
Leading low-fare carriers flying to India include Air Asia, Air Arabia and Tiger Airways.
25/07/11 Daily Mirror

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