Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet will launch eight new non-stop international flights from Mumbai and Delhi to destinations, including Dhaka and Riyadh.
With this, SpiceJet will become the first Indian low-cost carrier to connect Mumbai with Riyadh and Dhaka, and Delhi with Dhaka and Jeddah.
“Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, earmarks SpiceJet’s 10th international destination and the fourth station in the Middle Eastern market,” the airline said in a statement on Tuesday.
“The flights to Dhaka and Jeddah are effective from the last week of July, while the flight to Riyadh will commence on August 15, 2019,” the statement added.
SpiceJet Limited is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon near New Delhi. It is the second largest airline in the country by number of domestic passengers carried, with a market share of 13.6% as of March 2019.
Established as air taxi provider ModiLuft in 1994, the airline operates 312 daily flights to 55 destinations, including 47 Indian and 7 international destinations from its hubs at Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Hyderabad.
