SpiceJet sees 400% increase in bookings on Day 1 of fare sale

NEW DELHI: SpiceJet has announced today that it has registered a rise of 400% in booking volume on the first day of the fare sale as compared to a normal day. SpiceJet, which completes ten years of flying this week, launched a special three-day discount offer called the CelebrationSale with fares starting as low as Rs 1,010 all-inclusive on Tuesday.

“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.

The three day sale launched on May 19 will be open till midnight May 21. The travel period covered in this sale is July 1, 2015 to October 15, 2015. The offer is available for all domestic flights on SpiceJet’s direct, via and connecting flights network. International sectors are not included in this offer.

SpiceJet currently has 3,760 employees. It has an operational fleet of 34 planes which includes 20 Boeing 737 planes and 14 Bombardier Q400s. By October, SpiceJet will return three wet leased Boeing planes to lessors and add seven, said the executive cited above.