A SpiceJet Boeing 737-800

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History

SpiceJet was earlier known as Royal Airways, a reincarnation of ModiLuft. SpiceJet marked its entry in service with Rs. 99 fares for the first 99 days. There were 9000 seats available at this rate. It followed it up with a Rs. 999 promotional scheme on select routes. Their marketing theme "offering low 'everyday spicey fares' and great guest services to price conscious travelers". Their aim is to compete with the Indian Railways passengers travelling in AC coaches. The Chairman and CEO of the company is Mr. Siddhanta Sharma. ModiLuft was one of Indias first post-deregulation airlines but it ceased operations in 1996. ... It has been suggested that History of the rupee be merged into this article or section. ... Indian Railways abbreviated as IR, is a Department of the Government of India, under the Ministry of Railways and is tasked with operating the rail network in India. ...

Frequent Flyer Plans

The airlines has no frequent flyer plans.

Baggage allowance

One of the other cost-cutting feature of Spicejet is to allow only 20 kgs of luggage with each passenger. No extra allowance is given to international passengers. In addition it allows carry on of one small hand bag in addition to small personal items; such as a ladies purse/hand bag, an overcoat wrap or blanket, an umbrella/a walking stick, a reasonable amount of reading material, a small camera or binoculars, Infant's food for Guests traveling with Infant, or laptop computer.

Fleet

As of February 2007 the SpiceJet fleet includes: Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

• 13 Boeing 737-800 (plus 7 on order)
• On order: 10 Boeing 737-900ER [1]

The Boeing 737-800 aircraft are in single class configuration with 189 seats. The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular short to medium range, single aisle, narrow body airliner. ... The Boeing 737 is the worlds most popular short to medium range, single aisle, narrow body airliner. ...

In 2005, the airline placed a firm order for 10 Boeing 737-800 aircraft (with 10 options), for domestic routes in India. The first delivery took place on February 7, 2006 and the aircraft was the airline's first Boeing 737-800 featuring Blended Winglets.^[2] The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William Boeing. ...

A SpiceJet aircraft landing in New Delhi

On February 20, 2006 the airline announced it will convert its 10 options into firm orders for 5 Boeing 737-900ER aircraft and 5 Boeing 737-800 aircraft to be delivered from 2007-2009, and acquired an additional 10 options for either the Boeing 737-800 or Boeing 737-900ER or combinations thereof. The 10 additional options were converted into orders for 5 Boeing 737-800s and 5 Boeing 737-900ERs in August 2006. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 984 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 984 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Check-in area of domestic departure terminal 1A Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport (IATA: DEL, ICAO: VIDP), located in the city of New Delhi, Delhi is one of Indias main domestic and international gateways. ...

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Livery

Spicejet's primary livery is white, with red on the tail end. The word "Spicejet" appears on the front of the aircraft. The company logo with dots in centrifugal pattern is also present in the tail end. The dots increase in size. The winglets are red in color. Rather unusually, these Angels wear white hart (deer) badges, with the personal livery of King Richard II of England, who commissioned this, the Wilton diptych, about 1400 A livery is a uniform or other sign worn in a non-military context on a person or object (such as an airplane... This article is about the color. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ...

Destinations

• Ahmedabad
• Bangalore
• Chennai
• Delhi
• Goa
• Guwahati
• Hyderabad
• Jaipur
• Jammu
• Kochi
• Kolkata
• Mumbai
• Pune
• Srinagar
• Varanasi
• Port Blair Starting Oct. 25
• Coimbatore

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References

• ^ Airliner World April 2005 issue
• ^ The Hindu : Business : SpiceJet to launch operations on May 23
• ^ The Economic Times - SpiceJet to sell 9,999 seats for Rs 999
• ^ Boeing, SpiceJet in Agreement for Up to 20 Next-Generation 737-800s

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