New Delhi: SpiceJet owner Ajay Singh is planning to ramp up the airline's fleet to 40 from 32 aircraft for the winter schedule.
He is looking to add Boeing jets and do away with some of the smaller Bombardier aircraft.
The airline will also concentrate on foreign destinations within a distance of 2-5 hours. The strategy is similar to the one of former Indian Airlines, which used to make money by focusing on flights to South Asia, Gulf countries and a few Southeast Asian destinations.
"We want to expand the fleet to 40 from the current mix of 17 Boeings and 15 Bombardiers. We will take a call on how many Bombardiers we will retain but new additions will be of Boeings," said Singh, who recently took over the ownership of the airline from the Maran family.
25/02/15 Jayanta Roy Chowdhury/Telegraph
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He is looking to add Boeing jets and do away with some of the smaller Bombardier aircraft.
The airline will also concentrate on foreign destinations within a distance of 2-5 hours. The strategy is similar to the one of former Indian Airlines, which used to make money by focusing on flights to South Asia, Gulf countries and a few Southeast Asian destinations.
"We want to expand the fleet to 40 from the current mix of 17 Boeings and 15 Bombardiers. We will take a call on how many Bombardiers we will retain but new additions will be of Boeings," said Singh, who recently took over the ownership of the airline from the Maran family.
25/02/15 Jayanta Roy Chowdhury/Telegraph
