Cheap flight tickets on domestic, international routes: IndiGo, GoAir, SpiceJet are among those having great offers to present. The flight offers and discounts assume significance also as suspension of flights by Jet Airways has led to additional demand in the country's civil aviation market.
According to sources, the captain of the aircraft immediately contacted the air traffic control for the safety of passengers.
SpiceJet Dubai-Jaipur SG 58 flight with 189 passengers onboard made an emergency landing at Jaipur airport at 9:03 am.
SpiceJet flight makes an emergency landing at Jaipur airport
Noting that the grounding of Jet Airways was "very sad", Ajay Singh said that internal factors and high costs were among the reasons for its failure
The budget carrier SpiceJet will introduce flights on the Guwahati-Dhaka-Guwahati route on July 1, according to an airline spokesperson.
SpiceJet plans to hire up to 2,000 staff, including pilots and cabin crew, of the defunct Jet Airways as the no-frills carrier continues to expand its operations.
Founder and former chairman of the now grounded Jet Airways Naresh Goyal, who was associated with the IATA for a long time, was a member on the previous board.
SpiceJet is the fourth domestic airline to have 100 aircraft in its fleet, after Air India, IndiGo, and the now grounded Jet Airways.
On the domestic sector, it will launch six new domestic flights connecting the country's financial capital to other destinations from May 20.
Passengers were not allowed to de-board the plane for over 3 hours after which they lodged a protest with the authorities.
A SpiceJet plane on Monday overshot the touched-down point while landing at the Shirdi airport and veered off the runway and brought all operations to a halt.
SpiceJet passengers from 51 domestic destinations will be able to access Emirates' network across the US, Europe, Africa and Middle East.
SpiceJet chairman and managing director Ajay Singh in a statement Friday said that his carrier is giving "first preference" to Jet Airways staff in recruitment.
The government will now allot 280 slots at Mumbai and 160 at Delhi as well as those at other airports to Indian carriers for three months. This has come as a great opportunity for airlines ahead of the summer travel season.
The move is aimed at augmenting capacity in the domestic markets especially on regional routes, following the near collapse of Jet Airways, which has resulted in massive surge in air fares besides mismatch in demand and supply amid peak travel season.
"We are delighted to connect a large number of popular international destinations from Mumbai, a city that has always been a key and integral part of our network," SpiceJet Chairman said.
The announcement comes at a time when airfares have been on an upswing across India for the last few weeks due to sharp decline in number of flights primarily caused by grounding of around 90 per cent of cash-strapped Jet Airways' 119-aircraft fleet.
The harried pilots of Jet Airways, which is on the brink of shuttering operations, have now approached SpiceJet seeking employment.
