SpiceJet celebrates five years of flying India

gurgaon, haryana, May 24, 2010 /India PRwire/ --

SpiceJet, India's most preferred airline, on Sunday completed five years of succesful domestic operations. Starting operations in May 2005, the airline has grown to a fleet size of 20 Boeing aircraft connecting 19 destinations across India over the past five years.

To commemorate this occasion, all guests traveling on SpiceJet today will be served a set of five complimentary hand-made chocolates as part of the celebrations.

Speaking on the occasion, Sanjay Aggarwal, Chief Executive Officer, SpiceJet Limited said, "We are very proud to have successfully served India for the past five years, listening in to the needs of our customers and adapting ourselves to serve them better. Despite the challenges in the business environment, we have been able to sustain our growth and the future looks bright for us. We would like to thank our customers, employees and partners for their support and encouragement and for making SpiceJet India's most preferred airline."

Notes to Editor

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

  • Class of Travel and Tourism' s Best Domestic low cost airline at Mumbai 2010
  • 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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