No-Frills Indian Carrier SpiceJet to Start Flights to London
- Services from Mumbai and Delhi on A330-900 jets start Dec. 4
- New routes will pit the airline against Emirates and Etihad
A SpiceJet Ltd. aircraft in Mumbai, India.
Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
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SpiceJet Ltd., India’s second-biggest airline, will start regular flights to London from Delhi and Mumbai, a move it has long been pursuing.
The no-frills airline will fly Airbus SE A330-900 neo aircraft on the routes, Chairman Ajay Singh said in an online briefing with reporters Monday. The flights will start from Dec. 4 and there will be two a week from Delhi and one from Mumbai, according to a company statement. The aircraft will have 353 seats in economy class and 18 in business.