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anshabhi Member
Joined: 03 Jan 2017 Posts: 6 Location: kolkata
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 7:04 am Post subject: SpiceJet set to lease 2 B788 by winters |
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Quote: | By when do you plan to start those flights?
We are looking at starting the service by this winter. Two Boeing 787 Dreamliners will be leased and we may fly to cities in the UK, like Birmingham or London, where we can look beyond Heathrow. A return fare of Rs 25,000-30,000 for these sectors will have great demand. |
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Jeh Member
Joined: 06 Apr 2010 Posts: 669 Location: Delhi, India
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 10:37 am Post subject: |
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But ... what is the point? India-UK is a saturated market with huge established 1-stop and non-stop competition. SG has no record of long-haul flying and no major hubs - now out of the blue they decide they're going to wet-lease a widebody, sell 25k tickets for VFR/O&D pax, bleed their own carrier and everyone else in the bargain. I just don't get the point. |
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anshabhi Member
Joined: 03 Jan 2017 Posts: 6 Location: kolkata
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Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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Jeh wrote: | But ... what is the point? India-UK is a saturated market with huge established 1-stop and non-stop competition. SG has no record of long-haul flying and no major hubs - now out of the blue they decide they're going to wet-lease a widebody, sell 25k tickets for VFR/O&D pax, bleed their own carrier and everyone else in the bargain. I just don't get the point. |
They have been studying this since January. Profitability is the only target.
And who cares, if you win by bleeding others... |
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Nimish Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 1:24 am Post subject: |
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India has had enough LCCs try the India-UK route and flop in the past. Others like the Uzbek airlines have also tapped into the market. Good luck to SG on making this work, but IMO they don't have the right "network" thinking to pull this off. _________________ We miss you Nalini! |
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The_Goat Member
Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 3260 Location: South of France
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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Nimish wrote: | India has had enough LCCs try the India-UK route and flop in the past. |
Which LCC operated India-UK routes?
Other than the regular scheduled operators, the only ones I know who tried and went bust were fly-by-night operators like Air Punjab. _________________ I don't know which is the more pampered bunch : AI's widebodies (the aunties) or Jet's widebodies (the planes).
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PAL@YWG Member
Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 438 Location: YWG, Canada
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Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Air Sahara (not a LCC though) tried DEL-LHR for a short period with a single B767-300ER before ending it unceremoniously. Introductory fare was Rs.25000 if I recall correctly. _________________ Tally Sheet:
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Aseem Member
Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 5:16 am Post subject: |
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they rather use it to feed large carrier at its hub, like EK at DXB or SQ and SIN. It makes more sense to get less expensive A330NEO(whenever available), as range is not what they should be looking at this stage.
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Nimish Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 11:01 am Post subject: |
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The_Goat wrote: | Which LCC operated India-UK routes?
Other than the regular scheduled operators, the only ones I know who tried and went bust were fly-by-night operators like Air Punjab. |
There were a couple of attempts by UK based Punjabis/ Gujjus. News articles and the like. Nothing ever clicked. No reason to be believe this 25K deal on DEL-LHR from SG will click either. _________________ We miss you Nalini! |
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The_Goat Member
Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 3260 Location: South of France
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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Nimish wrote: | The_Goat wrote: | Which LCC operated India-UK routes?
Other than the regular scheduled operators, the only ones I know who tried and went bust were fly-by-night operators like Air Punjab. |
There were a couple of attempts by UK based Punjabis/ Gujjus. News articles and the like. Nothing ever clicked. No reason to be believe this 25K deal on DEL-LHR from SG will click either. |
Those were the fly-by-night operators I was talking about.
I think SG can make this work if they provide seamless connections to their Indian network and further east. _________________ I don't know which is the more pampered bunch : AI's widebodies (the aunties) or Jet's widebodies (the planes).
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Nimish Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2017 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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The_Goat wrote: | I think SG can make this work if they provide seamless connections to their Indian network and further east. |
Can SG operate like a network carrier If they want to make UK work, they better get their act in order, with all it entails. _________________ We miss you Nalini! |
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