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lavence7 · Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 3:14 pm Post subject:

Like one article stated SG n G8 weren't serious players n merely investors looking for financial returns. True!
Atleast G8, unlike SG, maintains discipline in route & fleet planning.

Hopefully SG wouldn't want to go under a second time. They keep trying their best experimenting random routes which will make money.

Speaking of "poorly serviced planes" , their aircraft interiors are in an appalling condition. Seat pockets ripped out, torn seat belts tied with strings n tape, super cramped seats - on the 900er series ( I'm 6'2 in, n I comfortably fit into 6E seats). Despite that their F/O keeps coming on PA n says ur fyling on a brand new aircraft n d most preferred airline !! So not .

Also flying on them is like flying on a local train - added pre- recorded announcements in Marathi n punjabi ( ATQ bound flight).

I'm sure any pax who fly on SG is only because of a heavily discounted fare, or unavailablity of a 6E flight on that route.

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TKMCE · Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 957

I would agree as well to the above post.

A few announcements on a particular flight which I took!

747-237 · Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:47 pm Post subject:

http://www.firstpost.com/business/get-this-spicejets-networth-fully-eroded-warn-auditors-1137673.html

SpiceJet’s net worth fully eroded, warn auditors

In more bad news coming from the aviation sector, low cost carrier SpiceJet’s accumulated losses has fully eroded its net worth as of March this year, according to its auditors.

In the airline’s annual report for 2012-13, auditors SR Batliboi and Associates has stated “the company’s operating results has been materially affected due to various factors and as at March 31, 2013, the company’s accumulated losses has (sic) fully eroded the net worth of the company. The appropriateness of the going concern assumption is dependent on the company’s ability to establish consistent profitable operations as well as raising adequate finance to meet its short term and long term obligations.”
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TKMCE · Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 957

So as per this news report, what do you do when you are suffering massive losses?? Bring in more and more aircraft and start more and more routes??? Indigo flies to just 5 international destinations and international contributes only 10% of its total revenues and they also have declared record profits , but Spice Jet believes going International is its route to salvation!!!

All this emphasis on increasing yields is fine but are these routes also having high seat factor??? Without high seat factors these fantastic yields by itself is of no use. No one is denying that you will get better yields on Delhi Riyadh compared to Bangalore Mysore, but what about Seat Factors and also the thing which matters most... Are these international routes profitable????

ameya · Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:45 pm Post subject:

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AI feeds a lot of international traffic as well as onward domestic traffic out of f GOI. They do their homework right. Look at their network from GOI

AI 994- DXB-GOI-BLR
AI 518-GOI-PNQ-HYD-BLR
AI 330-GOI-BOM-BKK
AI 866-GOI-BOM-DEL-SXR
AI 660-GOI-BOM-DEL
AI 662- GOI-BOM
AI 993-BLR-GOI-DXB
AI 875-MAA-GOI-KWI
AI 976-KWI-GOI-MAA

All I am saying is that the proposed stand alone PNQ -GOI-PNQ flight of SG is not a great idea particularly keeping in mind the time slot .Aircraft utilisation and yield etc are important but in the end if you don't get consistent seat factors end result will be that the flight will make losses. Without a doubt getting good seat factor on a 180 seat A320 at the proposed time slots at viable yields is a challenge!!!

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basheer1211 · Member Joined: 28 Dec 2012 Posts: 271 Location: India

SpiceJet Website says "We have now gone mobile". Anybody know whether it is mobile website or application?

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ameya · Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:58 am Post subject:

Spicejet has revised timings of its PNQ-BKK flight and pulled out the plan of starting PNQ-GOI-PNQ

The a/c rotation now is BLR-BKK-PNQ-BKK-BLR

the existing 4 weekly SHJ rotation will continue with the swaps at PNQ for BLR /MAA

747-237 · Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 7:21 am Post subject:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131002/jsp/siliguri/story_17414319.jsp#.Ukt7dD8f-So

First night plane lands in Bagdogra
- Flight 20 minutes late welcomed with drum beats

Oct. 1

The first night flight passengers entered Bagdogra airport to the beat of drums at 7.30 this evening.

SG 944, a SpiceJet flight from Calcutta carrying 48 passengers, among them the north Bengal development minister Gautam Deb, was 20 minutes late, but that did not dampen the enthusiasm of tour operators and locals at the airport.

“It is a red letter day for Bagdogra and north Bengal. For several years, we wanted night landing and finally it has happened,” Deb said.

Residents across north Bengal as well as neighbouring Sikkim have been waiting for years for night-landing flights to start.

On July 1, the Indian Air Force gave its assent to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to run flights till 10pm.

In Bagdogra, the air traffic control and the runway are maintained by the IAF.

Several officials of the AAI, the state tourism department and representatives of the Eastern Himalaya Travel and Tour Operators’ Association, assembled at the terminal building this evening to welcome the passengers of the first evening flight.

SpiceJet also started its morning flights from Bagdogra today. The SpiceJet flight that left Calcutta at 8.40am reached Bagdogra at 9.40am. The return flight left at 10.10am.

“The morning and evening flights between Calcutta and Bagdogra have been started by SpiceJet from today. We now look forward to see that the morning and evening flights between Delhi and Bagdogra and morning flight to Guwahati are introduced from October 7, as mentioned by the company. This would be followed by another flight between Bagdogra and Kathmandu,” Deb said.

“We are confident that the airline will continue its service as there will be enough passengers. More airline companies are likely to follow suit,” the minister said.

Another important factor that could woo airlines to Bagdogra is the state’s decision to waive the sales tax on aviation fuel. The government in a meeting last month decided to waive the sales tax on aviation turbine fuel, which is 30 per cent in Calcutta and other airports.

“Bagdogra is the cheapest airport in the country in terms of refuelling, which would naturally bring more airline companies,” a senior official of AAI said.

“It is great news for the business community as well as for people in general. Earlier, we could catch flights only till afternoon and there was no option to reach Calcutta or Delhi in the evening,” said Dilip Dugar, a north Bengal zonal council member of the Confederation of Indian Industry.

Raj Basu, a veteran in the tourism industry, brought up two other issues.

“We have come with two more demands…. First of all, we want the state government and AAI authorities to bring Siliguri in the domestic and international air map by changing the code of Bagdogra. Instead of IXB, which is the code now, tickets should be issued in the name of Siliguri or SLG,” Basu said.

“Further, it was the chief minister’s wish to name the airport after Tagore. We have submitted letters to the AAI officials and to the north Bengal development minister today, requesting to change the code and also name the airport as Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore International Airport.”

Somnath Banerjee, who travelled on the flight, said: “With this facility, one can even return from Calcutta on the same day. More flights should ply during early morning and evening hours.”

Jonathan Lozan, a French national from Lyon, who took the flight said: “I am on my way to Darjeeling and learned in Calcutta airport about this new flight. This flight saved my time and virtually a whole day,” he said.

With him were five of his friends, all students of business administration in Lyon.
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basheer1211 · Member Joined: 28 Dec 2012 Posts: 271 Location: India

It seems booking will open for IXM - DXB shortly

747-237 · Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 4:56 pm Post subject:

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-03/kolkata/42663728_1_bagdogra-airport-first-flight-evening-flight

Bagdogra night flight draws blank on Day 2

Oct 3, 2013

A day after SpiceJet operated the first evening flight to Bagdogra, the airline cancelled the flight on Wednesday due to poor passenger load. The development caused concerns among the travel trade community as well as airport officials as they feared it could send a wrong signal to other airlines, discouraging them to consider late flights.

Though SpiceJet said the flight had been cancelled due to operational reasons with an official citing the grounding of an aircraft, sources said the lack of numbers had forced the airline to cancel the flight as it was not viable to operate a Boeing 737-800 aircraft with only a handful of passengers.

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iah87 · Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 2566

The reputation of SG is going from bad to worse. I know several who specifically request their corporate travel dept not to book Spicejet unless it is the only choice. Their route planning is the main culprit behind their mess. They are trying new routes but they need to keep in mind that many of the routes do not warrant 737 aircraft, when a Q400 will do.

abhijith16 · Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:25 pm Post subject:

SG is adding a 4th daily CJB-MAA service from W13.
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747-237 · Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: Spicejet News -- Part 4

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ameya · Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:36 pm Post subject:

basheer1211 · Member Joined: 28 Dec 2012 Posts: 271 Location: India

^^ So the frequency is also reduced from 6 to 4?

abhijith16 · Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:02 pm Post subject:

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PNQ - BKK is now available for booking.

Schedule

SG94 BKK 1015 - PNQ 1245 1,3
SG94 BKK 1005 - PNQ 1245 5,7

SG93 PNQ 1340 - BKK 1910 1,3
SG93 PNQ 1340 - BKK 1930 5,7

aeroblogger · Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 8:27 am Post subject:

Daytime flights Shocked

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747-237 · Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:58 pm Post subject:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/spicejet-to-lease-six-boeing-737s-for-domestic-operations/articleshow/23912160.cms

SpiceJet to lease six Boeing 737s for domestic operations

10 Oct, 2013

SpiceJetBSE 2.08 % is leasing six Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Singapore-based firm BOC Aviation to expand its route network.

SpiceJet has taken delivery of the first of the six aircraft, with the balance to be delivered next year, a BOC Aviation spokesperson said.

"BOC Aviation welcomes a new customer in SpiceJet, as we grow our fleet and strengthen our position," said Robert Martin, Managing Director and CEO of BOC Aviation which is owned 100 per cent by the Bank of China.

The company is a leading aircraft leasing company with a portfolio of 231 owned and managed aircraft operated by 56 airlines and 33 countries worldwide, with the average aircraft age being about four years. It has another 106 aircraft on firm order.

SpiceJet officials had last month said the airline planned to add seven Boeing 737s to its fleet in the current financial year to strengthen domestic and international operations. All its Boeing 737-800s are 189-seaters in all-economy configuration.

The airline, which currently flies to 10 international destinations, is also eyeing the markets of Thailand, China and Iraq.

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747-237 · Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2013 3:55 pm Post subject:

SpiceJet have added a new 737-800 to the fleet today, as VT-SZI.
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basheer1211 · Member Joined: 28 Dec 2012 Posts: 271 Location: India

IXM - DXB is now available for booking.

Schedule

SG23 IXM 2335 - DXB 0220 D

SG24 DXB 0350 - IXM 0945 D

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ameya · Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:26 pm Post subject:

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ameya · Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:41 pm Post subject:

What i hear is that, this will be rotated internationally, so i suppose either CMB is going to have a time change+ upgrade or some new destination will be announced soon

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747-237 · Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 6:50 pm Post subject:

http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/qatar-airways-eyes-spicejet-stake-113101700635_1.html

Qatar Airways eyes SpiceJet stake

October 17, 2013

Qatar Airways is in talks with SpiceJet for a possible acquisition of 24% stake in the Indian low cost airline. The two airlines recently signed a non-disclosure agreement but a due diligence is yet to take place, a source familar with the development said.

The talks are in a preliminary stage and focused around Qatar Airways acquiring 24% stake in SpiceJet. The Gulf airline may infuse $200 million in totality in both debt and equity in SpiceJet, the source added.
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basheer1211 · Member Joined: 28 Dec 2012 Posts: 271 Location: India

Again !!!

basheer1211 · Member Joined: 28 Dec 2012 Posts: 271 Location: India

Got this from SG website

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TKMCE · Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 957

Interesting. It means Air Asia India will have a flight on its hand if as expected they start with MAA IXM MAA.