New Delhi: Barely two years after SpiceJet started operating the 70-seater Bombardier Q400s to increase connectivity in smaller cities, high maintenance cost of the aircraft has become a cause of worry.
The airline is learnt to be paying a maintenance cost of over 50 per cent more than the cost of any aircraft of its size.
An official source in the know, said that the maintenance cost per flight hour for a 70-seater Q400 type aircraft should be about $800.
“In the case of SpiceJet, the maintenance cost per flight hour is about $1,300, which is over 50 per cent higher than any other aircraft of its type and the same as its Boeing 737 aircraft. Maintenance cost of any aircraft of Q400’s size should be about $800 per flight hour,” said the source.
The Gurgaon-based low-cost airline operates a fleet of 15 Bombardier Q400 aircraft, to connect cities that are in the one-and-a-half hour flying range of larger airport cities like Hyderabad and Chennai.
The source added that SpiceJet chief operating officer Sanjiv Kapoor, who will be promoted as the CEO in a few months, has also raised concerns over the high maintenance cost of the aircraft.
28/04/14 Mihir Mishra/Indian Express
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The airline is learnt to be paying a maintenance cost of over 50 per cent more than the cost of any aircraft of its size.
An official source in the know, said that the maintenance cost per flight hour for a 70-seater Q400 type aircraft should be about $800.
“In the case of SpiceJet, the maintenance cost per flight hour is about $1,300, which is over 50 per cent higher than any other aircraft of its type and the same as its Boeing 737 aircraft. Maintenance cost of any aircraft of Q400’s size should be about $800 per flight hour,” said the source.
The Gurgaon-based low-cost airline operates a fleet of 15 Bombardier Q400 aircraft, to connect cities that are in the one-and-a-half hour flying range of larger airport cities like Hyderabad and Chennai.
The source added that SpiceJet chief operating officer Sanjiv Kapoor, who will be promoted as the CEO in a few months, has also raised concerns over the high maintenance cost of the aircraft.
28/04/14 Mihir Mishra/Indian Express
