Earlier in the day, a SpiceJet flight veered off its path on the runway while landing at Kolkata airport, damaging four lights
Due to the incident, a secondary runway is in operation at the airport currently
None of the passengers and crew members on board were hurt in the two incidents
"SpiceJet will service Mumbai-Riyadh-Mumbai, Mumbai-Dhaka-Mumbai, Delhi-Dhaka-Delhi and Delhi-Jeddah-Delhi routes with daily non-stop flights," the airline said in a statement
All 189 passengers and the crew members are safe
Ajay Singh, who has helmed the turnaround of the once ailing low cost carrier, said big bold reforms and more out of the box thinking can be expected from the government
The shares have jumped about 70 per cent this year, hovering near their all-time high, as the grounding of debt-laden Jet Airways India Ltd. let the no-frills carrier increase capacity and market shar
This is the first flight under the IACS scheme, also referred to as International Udan
Spohr will be the Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG) for a one-year term
SpiceJet had a 13.1% share of India's domestic market in April, according to government statistics, behind IndiGo's 49.9% and Air India's 13.9%
SpiceJet took advantage of Jet Airways collapse as it inducted 22 of the grounded planes to ramp up its capacity, and has plans to induct up to 40 aircraft
The CEO of BOC Aviation said that India is an emerging market for airlines and SpiceJet is well-placed to capitalise on these trends
The appellate tribunal said there was nothing on record to suggest that the demand notice relating to invoices issued by Ramco System was forwarded or received by Spicejet
In a similar incident, the airline's New Delhi-bound flight SG 8720 from Bengaluru was diverted to Nagpur
The airline will offer the service on its Boeing 737s operating on routes from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Varanasi, Bagdogra, and Srinagar.
With the new flights, its connectivity to Madurai, Jammu, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Jaipur and Guwahati with Mumbai will improve considerably, the airline added.
All the passengers, however, had a providential escape, the source added.
In turn, Emirates' passengers will enjoy unhindered access to SpiceJet's 51 domestic destinations - 10 through direct connectivity and rest 41 through connecting flights
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
Brokerages have advised investors against bottom fishing in Jet scrip