SpiceJet completes 10 years tomorrow; to hold flash sales with 10% discount

MUMBAI: SpiceJet announced a 5 hour flash sale on Friday with a 10% discount on select flight, its second offer this week to celebrate "10 years of flying".
Passengers can avail of this offer between 10 am and 3 pm on Saturday. The tickets can be booked for travel between July 1 and October 15.

Last Tuesday, the airline announced fares as low as Rs 1,010 for three days starting May 19 for travel between July and mid-October. It is not applicable for the dates July 16 to 20 and October 1 to 5.

On Wednesday it said it has registered a rise of 400% in booking volume on the first day of the fare sale as compared to a normal day.

“This promo has seen the highest demand from two preferred holiday destinations—Srinagar and Goa. New Delhi-Srinagar and Mumbai-Goa are among the sectors that seen maximum demand under this offer. Other top routes were like Kolkata-New Delhi and Mumbai-New Delhi. From South India, Bengaluru-New Delhi route was in demand,” said a release from the airline.

SpiceJet started flying on May 23, 2005 with a Delhi-Ahmedabad flight. It was bought by the Kansagra brothers and Ajay Singh among others from SK Modi of the Modi Group of Industries.

The airline has since then seen various ups and downs and ownership changes--US investor WL Ross and media baron Kalanithi Maran--before coming back to Ajay Singh in January, a month after a severe cash crunch brought it close to verge of a shutdown.