Mangalore: Inaugural Mangalore-Hyderabad SpiceJet Flight Takes Off
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Sep 30: SpiceJet limited kick started flight service between Mangalore and Hyderabad with Q-400 Hyderabad-Mangalore flight landing at the Mangalore Airport at 2.40 pm on Friday September 30.
The inaugural Mangalore-Hyderabad flight took off at 3 pm. SpiceJet will be operating a daily flight on the Mangalore-Hyderabad route.
Addressing the presspersons on September 30, Raja Vaidyanathan, vice-president, commercial also announced that the direct SpiceJet flight between Mangalore-Chennai will begin from November 9. Bookings on the Mangalore-Chennai sector have just commenced with an all-inclusive limited seats inaugural fare of Rs 1499, he said.
Abhaychandra Jain, MLA,Moodbidri, Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, Dakshina Kannada, Nagaraj Shetty, former president, Coastal Development Authority, Lata Kini, president, Canara Chamber of Commerce, V Raja, VP commercial, SpiceJet, M Shashi Kanth CASO and M R Vasudeva, Airport director witnessed the launch of the inaugural flight to Hyderabad.
The Q-400 NextGen turboprop aircraft from Bombardier can accommodate 78 passengers and is widely accepted as the best short-haul plane globally. SpiceJet had placed an order for 30 of these aircraft and have already taken delivery of the first five aircraft during September.
Samyukth Sridharan, chief commercial officer, SpiceJet Ltd was present.