SpiceJet is continuing preparations for direct flights to the UK this winter, according to reports by Live From A Lounge. The Indian budget airline based in Gurgaon has requested slots at London Heathrow and Manchester Airport as it eyes a share of the India-UK market. Slot requests have been filed to fly an A330-300, which is not part of the airline’s current inventory, raising speculation over where these aircraft will come from.
Following the collapse of Jet Airways earlier this year, there is significant spare capacity on routes between India and the UK.
There is also a host of ex-Jet Airways inventory on the market, as the former second-largest airline in India goes through insolvency proceedings. According to Quartz India, SpiceJet has received a total of 130 ex-Jet Airways slots, ten more than its larger competitor IndiGo.
SpiceJet has also requested Jet Airways’ old slots at Manchester Airport. As these requests have been listed with an A330-300, SpiceJet may well be eyeing up one of Jet Airways’ four grounded widebody aircraft to operate the route.
28/07/19 Henry Bewicke/Simple Flying
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Following the collapse of Jet Airways earlier this year, there is significant spare capacity on routes between India and the UK.
There is also a host of ex-Jet Airways inventory on the market, as the former second-largest airline in India goes through insolvency proceedings. According to Quartz India, SpiceJet has received a total of 130 ex-Jet Airways slots, ten more than its larger competitor IndiGo.
SpiceJet has also requested Jet Airways’ old slots at Manchester Airport. As these requests have been listed with an A330-300, SpiceJet may well be eyeing up one of Jet Airways’ four grounded widebody aircraft to operate the route.
28/07/19 Henry Bewicke/Simple Flying
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