SpiceJet commences services on the Kolkata-Agartala route

SpiceJet, India’s most preferred low fare airline, completed its first Kolkata-Agartala-Kolkata flight on April 15 thereby increasing its presence in the North-East region. The first flights between kolkata and Agartala marked the commencement of SpiceJet‘s daily service on this route. Agartala is the 19th destination in SpiceJet’s route network and will be connected with a daily service to Guwahati on the 10th of May.

Announcing this latest destination, Samyukth Sridharan, Chief Commercial Officer, SpiceJet Limited commented, “Over the years, our endeavor has been to continually monitor traffic on all sectors and enhance services to our consumers by adding new flights and destinations. Keeping this in mind, we are happy to have added Agartala to our network. We remain committed to keep on working towards our objective of providing better connectivity across India.”

In response to increasing demand from travellers, SpiceJet has also introduced two new direct sectors from Kolkata: Kolkata-Ahmedabad and Kolkata-Hyderabad. An additional Kolkata-Guwahati flight has also been introduced for passengers wanting to fly out of Kolkata in the evening.

About SpiceJet
SpiceJet (www.spicejet.com) is India's most preferred airline, with over 12% market share, delivering the lowest air fares with the highest consumer value. We operate 131 flights daily to 19 cities viz. Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bagdogra, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Guwahati, Goa, Hyderabad, Jammu, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Srinagar, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam. Our on-time performance is amongst the best in India and coupled with a Technical Dispatch Reliability of 99.6%, making us an airline with least cancellations. SpiceJet's new generation fleet of 20 Boeing 737-800 / 737-900ER aircraft are backed by cutting edge technology and infrastructure to ensure the highest standards in safety and operating efficiency. 

SpiceJet is the winner of:

• Outlook Traveler’s Best Low Cost Airline (Feb 2008 & Feb 2010) India       
• Award for Best Website ‘ World Low Cost Airlines Asia Pacific Conference’ at Singapore 2010
• India’s best low-fare airline in a survey conducted by MaRS on behalf of Hindustan Times (December 2009)      
• Employer Branding Institutes’ Best Employer Brand Award for our employee best practices(December 2009) Hyderabad         
• World Travel Market Award for multi-channel approach in distribution(November 2009) London          
• Smart Travel Asia’s Top 10 Best Budget Airlines in Asia for two consecutive years (Aug 2008 & Sept 2009) Hong Kong       
• National Award (ICWAI) for excellence in Cost Management (March 2009), New Delhi       
• CIO 100 Award for IT efforts for customer satisfaction and business growth(2007, 2008 & 2009) India 2008 Frost & Sullivan Indian Commercial Aviation Emerging Company of the Year Award (Nov 2008) London?        
• TAFI – Abacus’s Best Low Cost Airline (Sept 2007) Malaysia

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