SpiceJet announces 8 flights under UDAN-3 to Gwalior

PUNE: SpiceJet has announced the launch of eight new daily direct flights to Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. The city, which was bagged by SpiceJet under UDAN III, will be the airline’s 11th destination under the regional connectivity scheme, airline officials said.
In addition to the eight new flights to Gwalior, SpiceJet has also announced four new daily flights connecting Bhopal including the Bhopal-Udaipur UDAN flight.
“Gwalior will be SpiceJet’s 52nd domestic destination. SpiceJet will be the first airline to offer daily direct flights on the Gwalior-Hyderabad-Gwalior, Gwalior-Jammu-Gwalior, Gwalior-Bengaluru-Gwalior and Gwalior-Kolkata-Gwalior sectors,” an official said.
Ajay Singh - CMD, SpiceJet said, “In the last three days, SpiceJet has announced the launch of 16 new UDAN flights reiterating our commitment to providing air connectivity to the smaller towns and cities of India and our steadfast support to the government’s regional connectivity scheme.”
SpiceJet’s new flight connecting Bhopal include a daily direct flight on the Bhopal-Udaipur-Bhopal sector. Besides, the airline has also introduced a daily direct flight on the non-RCS sector Chennai-Bhopal-Chennai.
With the addition of these new flights from Gwalior, Bhopal and Jharsuguda (announced during the week), SpiceJet will be operating 39 daily flights under the regional connectivity scheme. The airline will be deploying its Bombardier Q-400 aircraft on all the ten UDAN routes and will be using its fleet of Boeing 737 for the two non-RCS routes.